# Villages

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- Book: [Villages](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/villages) ([Villages.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/villages.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4198-379-9
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2018-06-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Owen Mackenzie's life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. His marriage to his college sweetheart is quickly followed by his first betrayal and he embarks upon a series of affairs. His pursuit of happiness, in a succession of small towns from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, brings him to the edge of chaos, from which he is saved by a rescue that carries its own fatal price.