Yeah, I'm shocked by this too - haven't read Updike but he sounds very unappealing.
Don't think we've been afraid of obvious picks in these before - On The Road, Animal Farm, the two Kafkas.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 22 April 2021 09:05 (three years ago) link
I didn’t vote in this but maybe a lot of people associate it with being a school book, which can sometimes go against it?
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Thursday, 22 April 2021 09:16 (three years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1961
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 22 April 2021 09:44 (three years ago) link