Couples
 

Couples

by John Updike

Couples is the book that has been assailed for its complete frankness and praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrait of love, marriage, and adultery in America. But be it damned or hailed, Couples drew back the curtain forever on sex in suburbia in the late twentieth century. A classic, it is one of those books that will be read -- and remembered -- for a long time to come. (read review)

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James H
  • Rated 5 stars

This is well written but John Updike is very depressing. This is very erotic and explicit. The people are interesting but they are really rich losers.

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zombrarian
  • Rated 2 stars

rich people in massachusetts having affairs. I couldn't finish it. Good for your mom's best friend who still wears shoulderpads. read the one about the witches instead.

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
 

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