@booklet {4841, title = {Toward the End of Time}, year = {1997}, month = {1997}, publisher = {Alfred A. Knopf}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The background of the novel is a dystopia following a Sino-American war, but the dystopian institutions play only a minor role in the novel.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {John [Hoyer] Updike (1932-2009)} } @booklet {1748, title = {The Poorhouse Fair}, year = {1959}, note = {

\ \© 1958 and published January 12, 1959.\ Rpt. New York: Fawcett, [1964].

}, month = {1959}, publisher = {Alfred A. Knopf}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The background of the novel is a future United States that is slowly degenerating and becoming stagnant. The novel takes place on the day the poorhouse holds its annual fair and the people in the house revolt against the director of the home.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {John [Hoyer] Updike (1932-2009)} }