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Couples (Paperback)
by John Updike (Author)
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New Ed edition (19 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140029443
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140029444
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 364,389 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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They are sociable, articulate and unhappy; they enjoy sailing, basketball and skiing; they play word games in the evenings and adultery all the year round. Slipping in and out of affairs, they and their rituals are observed by the baleful eye of their self-appointed ringmaster, Freddy Thorne.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Be enthralled by the lives of 20 unpleasant people, 27 Aug 2000
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It is difficult to imagine a less appealing subject than adultery, but within a dozen pages the reader is drawn into the closely intermeshed world of the Tarbox couples. This is a deeply insightful book, if on occasion over-descriptive, as though the writer has got bored by the unpleasant characters he has brought to life so vividly and has decided to spend the day writing lyrical descriptions of the town instead. Nonetheless, this book is unputdownable and will cause you to at least examine your own views on, and experiences of, marriage, adultery, adult friendship and social groupings. Read it.
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