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Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair is a work of art.The New York Times Book ReviewThe hero of John Updikes first novel, published when the author was twentysix, is ninetyfouryearold John Hook, a dying man who yet refuses to be dominated. His world is a poorhousea county home for the aged and infirmoverseen by Stephen Conner, a righteous young man who considers it his duty to know what is best for others. The action of the novel unfolds over a single summers day, the day of the poorhouses annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook. Its climax is a contest between progress and tradition, benevolence and pride, reason and faith.Praise for The Poorhouse FairA first novel of rare precision and real merit . . . a rich poorhouse indeed.NewsweekTurning on a narrow plot of ground, itachieves the rarity of bounded, native truth, and comes forth as microcosm.Commonweal
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