Mark P answers “I am not sure I will finish the book!...”

Judite Valverde asked this question about Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1):

I am not sure I will finish the book! Damn...so many good things to read and I am in a sort of pain reading this one... :/ Should I hope for better...pages?

Mark P Don't feel guilty...Updike fall squarely in the self-indulgent navel gazing writing of the 1960-80's. Pseudo philosophical nonsense that received a lo…moreDon't feel guilty...Updike fall squarely in the self-indulgent navel gazing writing of the 1960-80's. Pseudo philosophical nonsense that received a lot of accolades which bear on nothing, AKA Shakespeare in Love. Listen to any Updike interview. Like Upton Sinclair, to paraphrase Papa Bear, "Updike is nothing."

No one will be reading this stuff 50 years from now. (less)

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