{"product_id":"life-in-letters-7","title":"Life in Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘It’s all here, Updike in full, and almost none of it has gone stale. An unbroken arc from boyhood to infirmity, a gravity’s rainbow of a life, career and mind’ \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark collection from a letter-writer of genius, this is a book which delights and illuminates on every page. It is also a celebration of the life and writing of one of the great American writers of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Filled with comic observations, opinions and personal news, told in the fluid first person of the author himself, these letters form a page-turning ‘life in letters’ like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Brilliant, riveting and essential’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Profoundly poignant’ \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘His letters are gold’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'John Updike had the prose style of a literary genius . . . Incapable of writing a bad sentence' John Banville, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57297912496472,"sku":"9781405968485","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405968485.jpg?v=1778837502","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/life-in-letters-7","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}