John Updike

Terrorist is the 22nd novel written by John Updike.

To the hero of the title story of this collection, all of England has the glow of an afterlife: “A miraculous lacquer lay upon everything, beading each roadside twig . . . each reed of thatch, each tiny daisy trembling in the grass.” All of these stories, each in its own way, partake of this glow, as life beyond …

The incomparable John Updike selects the 55 finest short stories from America's bestselling anthology, published since 1915.