{"product_id":"a-life-in-letters-by-john-updike","title":"A Life in Letters by John Updike","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s all here, Updike in full, and almost none of it has gone stale. An unbroken arc from boyhood to infirmity, a gravity’s rainbow of a life, career and mind’ London Review of Books A landmark collection from a letter-writer of genius, this is a book which delights and illuminates on every page. It is also a celebration of the life and writing of one of the great American writers of the 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilled with comic observations, opinions and personal news, told in the fluid first person of the author himself, these letters form a page-turning ‘life in letters’ like no other. ‘Brilliant, riveting and essential’ The Times ‘Profoundly poignant’ Telegraph ‘His letters are gold’ Financial Times John Updike had the prose style of a literary genius . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Incapable of writing a bad sentence' John Banville, Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Week Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57727006703991,"sku":"9781405968485","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1335\/9587\/files\/9781405968485.jpg?v=1794222375","url":"https:\/\/theweekbookshop.co.uk\/products\/a-life-in-letters-by-john-updike","provider":"The Week Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}