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When I wrote my first serious novel, 'Interior', I was inspired by a 1978 book of Updike's, 'The Coup', which is set in Africa and will come as a delightful surprise to anyone who has only read his Americana.

Justin Cartwright

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Als ich meinen ersten ernsten Roman "Interior" schrieb, inspirierte mich 1978 ein Buch von Updikes "The Coup", das in Afrika spielt und für alle, die nur seine Americana gelesen haben, eine wunderbare Überraschung ist.

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