JOHN UPDIKE - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 184791
He signs a typed quotation from his novel Rabbit Run.
Typed Quotation signed: "John Updike", 5x3 card. In
full: "Boys are playing basketball around a telephone pole with a
backboard bolted to it.…"
Price: $180.00
Condition: Fine condition
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JOHN UPDIKE
He signs a typed quotation from his novel Rabbit Run.
Typed Quotation signed: "John Updike", 5x3 card. In
full: "Boys are playing basketball around a telephone pole with a
backboard bolted to it." John Updike (1932-2009), whose novels
focus on the tensions of middle-class American life, won Pulitzer Prizes in 1982
and 1991 for Rabbit is Rich (1981) and Rabbit at Rest (1990),
sequels to his 1960 novel, Rabbit, Run. Fine condition.
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