Podcast interview with John Updike
By HENRY SANTORO | June 14, 2006
John Updike |
In John Updike's twenty-second novel Terrorist, an 18 year old Jersey kid with an Irish mom and an absent Egyptian dad transforms from ambitious high schooler to suicide bomber. Last week, WFNX's Henry Santoro sat down with the author to discuss missing fathers, Updike's prolific career, and what it takes to get into the mind of a human bomb. You can listen to the interview here.Henry Santoro interviews John Updike (podcast mp3)
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