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A review by addykimz
The Centaur by John Updike
NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT?
My sincerest apologies to John Updike for taking two years to finish this book. I’ll refrain from any opinions on the plot since I can’t remember what I ate for lunch last week, let alone what I read two years ago. I will say that Updike has the ability to craft a sentence unlike anyone else I’ve ever read - his dark humor and observations make the small world of Alton and Ollinger High School come alive.
I feel nostalgic with this book coming to a close. I remember buying it with my Aunt, picked out on a rickety shelf in the basement of Capitol City Books, and carrying it with me through the Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery. Finishing this book feels like the last goodbye to my magical DC year, but how nice to have this book as a thread to tie these stages of my life together.
My sincerest apologies to John Updike for taking two years to finish this book. I’ll refrain from any opinions on the plot since I can’t remember what I ate for lunch last week, let alone what I read two years ago. I will say that Updike has the ability to craft a sentence unlike anyone else I’ve ever read - his dark humor and observations make the small world of Alton and Ollinger High School come alive.
I feel nostalgic with this book coming to a close. I remember buying it with my Aunt, picked out on a rickety shelf in the basement of Capitol City Books, and carrying it with me through the Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery. Finishing this book feels like the last goodbye to my magical DC year, but how nice to have this book as a thread to tie these stages of my life together.