Crowe presents students, academics, and general-interest readers with an examination of John Updike’s claims regarding Kierkegaard’s life and works, focused primarily on the Kierkegaardian theological preoccupations evident in Updike’s Maples stories. The main body of the author’s text is organized in ten chapters. The first four chapters are focused on Updike’s Kierkegaard, and several of the philosopher’s ideas as they are expressed in Updike’s writings. The remaining six chapters are each dedicated to a close reading of several of the Maple stories. David Crowe is a faculty member of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)