October 1982 Issue [Palpitations] Naughty old men Download PDF Adjust Share Two veteran novelists who can still bounce the bedsprings by James Wolcott, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. 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