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Book Title
Memories of the Ford Administration : a Novel
Publication Name
Memories of the Ford Administration
Title
Memories of the Ford Administration
Subtitle
A Novel
Author
John Updike
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0449912116
EAN
9780449912119
ISBN
9780449912119
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Genre
Fiction
Release Year
1996
Release Date
27/08/1996
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
1in
Item Length
8.2in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Literary, Political, Historical, Humorous / General
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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When historian Alfred "Alf" Clayton is invited by an academic journal to record his impressions of the Gerald R. Ford Administration (1974-77), he recalls not the political events of the time but rather a turbulent period of his own sexual past. Alf's highly idiosyncratic contribution to Retrospect consists not only of reams of unbuttoned personal history but also of pages from an unpublished project of the time, a chronicle of the presidency of James Buchanan (1857-61). The alternating texts mirror each other and tell a story in counterpoint, a frequently hilarious comedy of manners contrasting the erotic etiquette and social dictions of antebellum Washington with those of late-twentieth-century southern New Hampshire. Alf's style is Nabokovian. His obsessions are vintage Updike.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0449912116
ISBN-13
9780449912119
eBay Product ID (ePID)
279587

Product Key Features

Book Title
Memories of the Ford Administration : a Novel
Author
John Updike
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Political, Historical, Humorous / General
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3571.P4m45 1996
Reviews
"Quintessential Updike . . . [a] comic and melancholy reflection on politics and passion."- The New York Times Book Review   "Updike has the ability to evoke the micro-epochs that fascinate us. He can bring to life what seem to those of us who have lived them the vital differences between the decades of our lives."- Chicago Tribune   "Compelling . . . Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs . . . in gorgeous prose."- The Wall Street Journal, "Quintessential Updike . . . [a] comic and melancholy reflection on politics and passion."-- The New York Times Book Review   "Updike has the ability to evoke the micro-epochs that fascinate us. He can bring to life what seem to those of us who have lived them the vital differences between the decades of our lives."-- Chicago Tribune   "Compelling . . . Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs . . . in gorgeous prose."-- The Wall Street Journal, "An Engrossingly Clever Novel About Sex And The Presidency." -- Nicholas Von Hoffman "Quintessential Updike...[A] comic and melancholy reflection on politics and passion." -- The New York Times Book Review "Compelling...Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs...in gorgeous prose." -- The Wall Street Journal
Copyright Date
1996
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
96-096665
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21

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