Bech: A BookBy: John Updike Series: Bech The Jewish American novelist Henry Bechprocrastinating, libidinous, and tart tongued, his reputation growing while his powers declinemade his first appearance in 1965, in John Updikes The Bulgarian Poetess. That story won the O. Henry First Prize, and it and the six Bech adventures that followed make up this collection. Bech is the writer in me, Updike once said, creaking but lusty, battered but undiscourageable, fed on