NOT READ - John Updike - "Terrorist"

It is not often that I start a book and don't finish it. When this happens I don't usually bother mentioning it in this blog. Perhaps I should. Perhaps it could be seen as a service to others to warn them what to avoid!
I gave up on this book on page 21 of 310. Perhaps it was something to do with the 157 word sentence that I had just read. At least, I think it was 157. It rather depends up whether hypenated words (since when has teenager been hypenated!!!) count as one or two...
Let this be a warning to you...