# The Poorhouse Fair

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- Book: [The Poorhouse Fair](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/the-poorhouse-fair) ([The Poorhouse Fair.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/the-poorhouse-fair.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-03-4546-823-9
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2012-03-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair is a work of art.”—The New...