Dark side of paternal instinct
Last Night in Twisted River By John Irving Bloomsbury, 554pp, $55
Last Night in Twisted River By John Irving Bloomsbury, 554pp, $55
IMAGINE an Archibald prize-winning portrait that both packers and judges agreed on. That’s about how often popular and critical opinion meet in the choice of the Booker. Hilary Mantel has done it with her historical novel Wolf Hall.
JOHN Updike was, as so few major writers are, a comforting presence.
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