Charles Baxter's most Updike-like story

First of the uncollected Charles Baxter stories in his latest book, "Gryphon," is called Poor Devils - the 8 or so uncollected are all from the past 14 years (since Believers, 1997), and it will be interesting to see how Baxter's style and thoughts have changed or evolved. Poor Devils strikes me as probably his most Updike-like story, not exactly in the style, as his metaphors are apt and often striking but rarely if ever as complex and elaborate as Updike's, but definitely in the world of the characters: a couple recently divorced, cleaning up the house they owned together as they prepare to transfer it to new owners, a young and hopeful couple. the story examines the tensions, particularly the sexual tensions, in the marriage, now over - and touches on the infidelities, both parties, and on the professional failures, especially his, a mediocre artist who'd dreamed of fame and will never have it. In Updike-like manner, the two of them begin t get it on with each other - but they do break it off, she has to leave, on a date, apparently - she says little about that - and he's left alone with his frustrated desires and his sense of loss. Reminds me a little of that great Updike story about a divorced husband/father called back to his ex's home to do some repairs - also a wonderful Chabon story about a couple that has sex in the bedroom of a house they're looking at with a realtor; it's a good story, unusual for Baxter in its coldness and blunt sexuality, but does explore his familiar themes of broken relationships and of good people trying to move on with their small-town, curtailed lives.