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THE POORHOUSE FAIR

THE POORHOUSE FAIR

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THE POORHOUSE FAIR

by Updike, John

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  • very good
  • Paperback
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Very Good
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About This Item

Greenwich, CT: Crest Books - Fawcett, 1964. 2nd printing, June 1964; #d677. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; tanning; spine heel chipped; minor bumps and dings.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Synopsis

John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker . His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.

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Title
THE POORHOUSE FAIR
Author
Updike, John
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Publisher
Crest Books - Fawcett
Place of Publication
Greenwich, CT
Date Published
1964
Keywords
Fiction
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Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Heel
The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
Mass Market
Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
Bumps
Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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