A complete collection of Bech stories covers the entire career of this classic character, the author's literary alter ego, from his first appearance in
This volume joins three previously published collections of stories by Updike about the character Henry Bech, an ambitious Jewish writer with a Nobel laureate and an eye for women. One never-before-published story, "His Oeuvre," is included. Malcolm Bradbury writes an introduction.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Peoples + Cultures, Literary, Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Everyman's Library
- Pages: 509
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: April 1, 2001
- Date Published: April 1, 2001
- Author: John Updike