Updike, John — Terrorist

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This was John Updike's final novel in a long and quite distinguished career. He'd been justly recognized as one of the finest and most influential writers of the 20th century, winning critical praise and popular acclaim and support for his novels, beginning perhaps with his Rabbit quartet. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in blue linen cloth over boards with silver lettering to front cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Rough-cut fore-edges. [2], 3-310 pp. plus a note about the author and a note about the type.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,