# Foreword

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- Book: [Foreword](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/foreword) ([Foreword.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/foreword.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-1819-649-3
- Published: 2014-03-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

John Updike's fictional antihero, Henry Bech, could not be more different from his creator. A self-confessed composite of Norman Mailer and J. D. Salinger, he cannot help but flatter himself. In this 'foreword' Updike presents us with a conceited and satirical manifestation of what it means to be an American and a writer.