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John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal. A previous collection of essays, Hugging the Shore, received the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.
A wry parable of mid-life crisis from the author of Nice Work and Paradise News. His main character is Laurence 'Tubby' Passmore, author of TV sitcoms, owner of a flat in London, a house in Rummidge, a first-class car and an understanding mistress. But still Tubby isn't happy. His quest for contentment leads him, via Soren Kierkegaard and the police force, to bedrooms in Tenerife and Beverly Hills. This is Lodge at his best, blending pathos and humour with skill, encouraging his readers to identify with the most disreputable behaviour. (Kirkus UK)
