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John Updike’s sixth collection of essays and literary criticism opens with a skeptical overview of literary biographies, proceeds to five essays on topics ranging from China and small change to faith and late works, and takes up, under the heading “General Considerations,” books, poker, cars, and the American libido. The last, informal section of Due Considerations assembles more or less autobiog... 

Thomas says: “This is kind of a hodge podge of collected fragments. I enjoyed some, such as "My Life with Cars"...”