Still contemporary after all these years …

… Rabbit had quite the run - Times Union. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

All four books are written in the present tense, which adds wattage to the tiny electric charge delivered to the contemporary reader every time Updike mentions a cultural figure — like Trump or Oprah — who remain at or near the center of the national stage today. You feel like you're in a time machine, which is of course what the best literature is.