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David Rabe Reads John Updike

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Last Line in the Book

The last line of the book makes it seem as though his childhood is just sitting there waiting for him in a sense. He's kind of thrilled by it, but at the same time he doesn't say it's for him. "It seemed clear to him long expected and much beloved"

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