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Bech at Bay by John Updike

obscuredbyclouds's review against another edition

4.0

I haven't read the first two in the Bech series, but you don't really need to. This is only a novel of "sorts", as it's connected short stories about the fictional writer Bech. I found the first part about him traveling through Eastern Europe a bit slow, but, of course, very well-written. It got better. The story about killing all the critics who gave him bad reviews back in the day, was the most enjoyable. It was so absurd, over the top and just plain fun.