October 1982 Issue [Palpitations] Naughty old men Download PDF Adjust Share Two veteran novelists who can still bounce the bedsprings by James Wolcott, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Book reviews Erotic literature Novelists, American Peter De Vries W.M. (William Mode) Spackman More from James Wolcott Philip Larkin’s enormous yes A connoisseur of doom whose wit refuses to die Hammett’s long goodbye A deferential biography of literature's Marlboro man The prince of finesse Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy Adjust Share