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"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
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- EditoreCreative Stress Mgmt
- Data di pubblicazione1993
- ISBN 10 0449221881
- ISBN 13 9780449221884
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