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Toward the End of Time
Toward the End of Time
Author: John Updike
Set in the near future of 2020, this disconcerting philosophical fantasy depicts an America devastated by a war with China that has left its populace decimated, its government a shambles, and its natural resources tainted. The hero is Ben Turnbull, a sixty-six-year-old retired investment counselor, who, like Thoreau, sticks close to home an...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780449003053
ISBN-10: 0449003051
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 339
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Publisher: The Ballantine Publishing Group
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Good tale of a potential future, set in 2020, by a master writer.
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Typical Updike. Depressing, but captivating prose.


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