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Up⋅dike

[uhp-dahyk]
–noun
John, born 1932, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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Up·dike   (ŭp'dīk')   
American writer particularly known for his tragicomic novels, such as Rabbit, Run (1960) and Rabbit at Rest (1990), concerning the trials of middle-class suburbanites.
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