"Ingenious . . . This isn't writing. It is magic."--
New York Times Book Review "With its fiery energy and wicked humor,
The Widows of Eastwick is a truly enjoyable book to read [and] might just be [John Updike's] best novel since 1990's Pulitzer Prize--winning
Rabbit at Rest."--
Kansas City Star
"Dazzling Updikean prose . . . Here's a bet his work will keep fresh for generations, inciting laughter, wonder and sensuous shivers."--
Los Angeles Times "An amusing romp . . . made unexpectedly moving by the author's profundity and his renowned dexterity with language . . . [Updike is a] master of making us want to guffaw and weep in the same sentence."--
Houston Chronicle
"Elegant prose and unfailing wit . . . There is moral courage in these pages. And kindness too."--
Washington Times