Bech at BayBy: John Updike In this, the final volume in John Updikes mock heroic trilogy about the Jewish American writer Henry Bech, our hero is older but scarcely wiser. Now in his seventies, he remains competitive, lecherous, and self absorbed, lost in a brave new literary world where his books are hyped by Swiss owned conglomerates, showcased in chain stores attached to espresso bars, and returned to warehouses three weeks after publication. In five chapters