Normally I would come up with some sort of clever reason for posting these pictures of naked men with recently read books, but the literary world is still reeling from the death of John Updike.
Besides, since when do I need a reason for pictures of mostly-naked men?
Broadway Nights by Seth Rudetsky
2666 by Roberto Bolano
The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon by Daniel Farson
Soul Mountain by Gao Xianjian
The Animal's Waltz by Cary Fagan
Here lies a most ridiculous raw youth, indulging himself in the literary graces that he once vowed to eschew. Now he just rocks out.