A complete collection of Bech stories covers the entire career of this classic character, the author's literary alter ego, from his first appearance in The New Yorker thirty years ago to the present, and includes Bech: A Book, Bech Is Back, and Bech at Bay. 20,000 first printing.Presents a collection of stories about the exploits of John Updike's alter ego, writer Henry Bech, from globetrotting with foreign dignitaries to traveling on the college lecture circuit.