Anyway, Jill Krementz (widow of KV, doncha know) took pics of Updike at various times over the last two hundred years and there is a collection of same here:
And, really, they are worth a peek, even to detractors...for reasons like: how to look good in a sack-suit even when Sgt Pepper's is already out; the Beard; hey, look! John Cheever!; what Martha actually looks like (fetching!), and a gander at those infamous Maple[strikethrough] Updike kids.*
This sorta killed me, though...is there any way that this:
isn't a joke tribute to this?**:
Other than, this being Updike, he's in the midst of making a vulgar gesture toward a wayward housewife just out of frame...
* and just remembered mid-afternoon to add a mention of the average, generic 1979-ness of their kitchen (fridge magnets!), etc!
** oh! Jpeg is labeled JU + Warhol so I'm not crazy after all.
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