John Updike is one of the two or three best American novelists of his generation, and he might just be the best book critic as well: a wise and canny professional, he brings a sympathetic imagination and a profound knowledge of fictional technique to his critical labors. He is also absurdly prolific; this volume of essays and criticism, Due Considerations -- 672 densely printed pages -- is his sixth such collection since 1965. Most of the essays included are on literary subjects, but not all, for Updike's interests are varied. In his early years at The New Yorker, he recalls, editor William Shawn "believed in assigning non-fiction books to non-experts in the concerned field, and I versatilely qualified as a non-expert in almost everything."
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