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Bech eBook Series

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  • Bech: A Book

    A Novel

    by John Updike ...
    Series Book 1 - Bech
    The Jewish American novelist Henry Bech—procrastinating, libidinous, and tart-tongued, his reputation growing while his powers decline—made his first appearance in 1965, in John Updike’s “The Bulgarian Poetess.” That story won the O. Henry First Prize, and it and the six Bech adventures that followed make up this collection*.* “Bech is the writer in me,” Updike once said, “creaking but lusty, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Bech at Bay

    by John Updike ...
    Series Book 3 - Bech
    In this, the final volume in John Updike’s mock-heroic trilogy about the Jewish American writer Henry Bech, our hero is older but scarcely wiser. Now in his seventies, he remains competitive, lecherous, and self-absorbed, lost in a brave new literary world where his books are hyped by Swiss-owned conglomerates, showcased in chain stores attached to espresso bars, and returned to warehouses just ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Bech Is Back

    by John Updike ...
    Series Book 2 - Bech
    In this follow-up to Bech: A Book, Henry Bech, the priapic, peripatetic, and unproductive Jewish American novelist, returns with seven more chapters from his mock-heroic life. He turns fifty in a confusing blend of civic and erotic circumstances while publicizing himself in Australia and Canada. He marries a shiksa and travels with her to Israel, where she falls in love with the land, and to ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • A Contract with God

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  • Fierce Pajamas

    An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker

    Edited by David Remnick, Henry Finder ...
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  • Off to the Side

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    by Jim Harrison ...
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  • The Motion of Light in Water

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  • Book Club

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  • Charlie Chaplin, A Life In Film

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  • The Boy Detective

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  • The Haunted Life

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