Quote by: John Updike

Slim is queer and though Nelson isn't supposed to mind that he does. He also minds that there are a couple of slick blacks making it at the party and that one little white girl with that grayish kind of sharp-chinned Polack face from the south side of Brewer took off her shirt while dancing even though she has no tits to speak of and now sits in the kitchen with still bare tits getting herself sick on Southern Comfort and Pepsi. At these parties someone is always in the bathroom being sick or giving themselves a hit or a snort and Nelson minds this too. He doesn't mind any of it very much, he's just tired of being young. There's so much wasted energy to it.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Updike
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
  • AliasesJohn Hoyer Updike
  • BornMarch 18, 1932
  • DiedJanuary 27, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Novelist; Essayist
  • WorksThe Witches Of Eastwick
  • AwardsCommandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; National Medal Of Arts; National Humanities Medal; National Book Award