Poorhouse FairBy: John Updike The first novel from a master of American letters and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series: 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 Review The hero of John Updikes first novel, published when the author was twenty six, is ninety four year old John Hook, a dying man who yet refuses