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Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
Rabbit at Rest
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award   In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired a Florida condo, a second grandchild, and a troubled, overworked heart. His son, Nelson, is behaving... show more
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award   In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired a Florida condo, a second grandchild, and a troubled, overworked heart. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending him mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to return to the world of work. As, through the year of 1989, Reagan’s debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of the first George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live and opportunities to make peace with a remorselessly accumulating past.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780449911945 (0449911942)
ASIN: 449911942
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Series: Rabbit Angstrom -4 (#4)
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Infinite Joe
Infinite Joe rated it
4.0 Rabbit at Rest
This final book in the Rabbit series is certainly the best of the four. With Rabbit in the later stages in life, with heart problems, you initially get the hope that he will finally come to his senses and change his ways, becoming less reckless and irresponsible. However, he continues to be such a...
msleighm books
msleighm books rated it
5.0 Rabbit at Rest
It won a Pulitzer Prize and now I understand why. Without a doubt the best in the series, made the first three worth reading. The language and the insights and the descriptions. Each of the books (there are four) is a time capsule of the period in which it was written. This twines all the stories...
Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it
4.0
Eat a balanced diet. Exercise regularly. Avoid excessive drinking. Don't fuck your daughter-in-law. Lot of good life-style advice in this book...
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