Alan Cheuse has a review of John Updike's latest book called, Seek My Face. In this story, Updike follows one day in the life of an older painter named Hope McCoy. Cheuse says the novel is full of wonderful surprises.
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Alan Cheuse died on July 31, 2015. He had been in a car accident in California earlier in the month. He was 75. Listen to NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamburg's retrospective on his life and career.