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->''"Has the son of a bitch ever had one unpublished thought?"''
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A native of Shillington, Pennsylvania, Updike based the fictional Brewer (the setting of the ''Rabbit'' books) on his hometown. His boyhood home on Philadelphia Avenue has been turned into a museum there, and received a historical marker from the commonwealth in 2021.[[note]]It was approved in 2020, but the dedication was delayed due to the pandemic.[[/note]]

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A native of Shillington, Pennsylvania, Updike based the fictional Brewer (the setting of the ''Rabbit'' books) on his hometown.hometown and its surrounding Berks County region. His boyhood home on Philadelphia Avenue has been turned into a museum there, and received a historical marker from the commonwealth in 2021.[[note]]It was approved in 2020, but the dedication was delayed due to the pandemic.[[/note]]
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A native of Shillington, Pennsylvania, Updike based much of the setting of the ''Rabbit'' books on his hometown. His boyhood home on Philadelphia Avenue has been turned into a museum there, and received a historical marker from the commonwealth in 2021.[[note]]It was approved in 2020, but the dedication was delayed due to the pandemic.[[/note]]

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A native of Shillington, Pennsylvania, Updike based much of the fictional Brewer (the setting of the ''Rabbit'' books books) on his hometown. His boyhood home on Philadelphia Avenue has been turned into a museum there, and received a historical marker from the commonwealth in 2021.[[note]]It was approved in 2020, but the dedication was delayed due to the pandemic.[[/note]]

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John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He is best known for the ''Rabbit'' series of novels, starting with ''Literature/RabbitRun.''

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John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He is best known for the ''Rabbit'' series of novels, starting with ''Literature/RabbitRun.''
''Literature/RabbitRun,'' about the character of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. In the course of his career he published more than twenty novels and more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, plays, and a number of children's books. He is one of the very few writers to win the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for Fiction more than once, receiving it for both ''Rabbit is Rich'' and ''Rabbit at Rest''.

A native of Shillington, Pennsylvania, Updike based much of the setting of the ''Rabbit'' books on his hometown. His boyhood home on Philadelphia Avenue has been turned into a museum there, and received a historical marker from the commonwealth in 2021.[[note]]It was approved in 2020, but the dedication was delayed due to the pandemic.[[/note]]
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'''John Updike''' (John Hoyer Updike) (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He is best known for the ''Rabbit'' series of novels, starting with ''Literature/RabbitRun.''

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Hoyer Updike) Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He is best known for the ''Rabbit'' series of novels, starting with ''Literature/RabbitRun.''''

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'''John Updike''' (John Hoyer Updike) (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He is best known for the ''Rabbit'' series of novels, starting with ''Literature/RabbitRun.''

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