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Memories of the Ford Administration : A Novel by John Updike (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Memories of the Ford Administration : A Novel by John Updike (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100449912116

ISBN-139780449912119

eBay Product ID (ePID)279587

Product Key Features

Book TitleMemories of the Ford Administration : a Novel

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLiterary, Political, Historical, Humorous / General

Publication Year1996

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Updike

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-096665

Reviews"Quintessential Updike . . . [a] comic and melancholy reflection on politics and passion."- The New York Times Book Review "Updike has the ability to evoke the micro-epochs that fascinate us. He can bring to life what seem to those of us who have lived them the vital differences between the decades of our lives."- Chicago Tribune "Compelling . . . Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs . . . in gorgeous prose."- The Wall Street Journal, "Quintessential Updike . . . [a] comic and melancholy reflection on politics and passion."-- The New York Times Book Review "Updike has the ability to evoke the micro-epochs that fascinate us. He can bring to life what seem to those of us who have lived them the vital differences between the decades of our lives."-- Chicago Tribune "Compelling . . . Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs . . . in gorgeous prose."-- The Wall Street Journal, "An Engrossingly Clever Novel About Sex And The Presidency." -- Nicholas Von Hoffman "Quintessential Updike...[A] comic and melancholy reflection on politics and passion." -- The New York Times Book Review "Compelling...Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs...in gorgeous prose." -- The Wall Street Journal

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisWhen historian Alfred "Alf" Clayton is invited by an academic journal to record his impressions of the Gerald R. Ford Administration (1974-77), he recalls not the political events of the time but rather a turbulent period of his own sexual past. Alf's highly idiosyncratic contribution to Retrospect consists not only of reams of unbuttoned personal history but also of pages from an unpublished project of the time, a chronicle of the presidency of James Buchanan (1857-61). The alternating texts mirror each other and tell a story in counterpoint, a frequently hilarious comedy of manners contrasting the erotic etiquette and social dictions of antebellum Washington with those of late-twentieth-century southern New Hampshire. Alf's style is Nabokovian. His obsessions are vintage Updike.

LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4M45 1996