The Centaur – John Updike

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1. Mr Orange says:

   January 7, 2015 at 6:10 pm

   A funny and sad book that manages to capture the fraught relationship between a disappointed father and his son. Casting the characters from Greek myths is a conceit that works . The main character views himself heroically as a centaur even though he leads a very ordinary, non-heroic life.

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