Couples.
Alfred A Knopf, New York, (1968). Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1968. Blue cloth over boards, silver lettering. Updike's First Novel. Much of the plot of Couples (which opens on the evening of March 24, 1962 and integrates historical events like the loss of the USS Thresher on April 10, 1963, the Profumo affair, and the Kennedy assassination in November 1963) concerns the efforts of its characters to balance the pressures of Protestant sexual mores against increasingly flexible American attitudes toward sex in the 1960s The book suggests that this relaxation may have been driven by the development of birth control and the opportunity to enjoy what one character refers to as "the post-pill paradise. Very Good / Good. Item #biblio72
Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1968. First Edition later printing. Very Good, slight white dusting at top of front cover, tight and clean. Blue cloth over boards, silver lettering. DJ not so good needs help, shelf wear at top and bottom, open tears at top and bottom of spine and back cover. not clipped.
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