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Title: I am an Updike fan, but...
Review: This couple enjoys intense and non-stop love while being brutalized for years, but then they change skin color (he becomes white and she turns black) magically and the world becomes friendly and they prosper materially. But now he feels lost as a white person and walks out of the book in the last pages. The reversal of fates and feelings is based on racial identity...somehow this is thin gruel even for a fable. This novel is not recommended for first time Updike readers.
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