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Rabbit at Rest (Harry Rabbit Angstrom, Bk 4)
Rabbit at Rest - Harry Rabbit Angstrom, Bk 4 Author:John Updike In John Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life to become a working gi... more »rl. As, though the winter, spring, and summer of 1989, Reagan's debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live.« less
In this book Rabbit is aging in Florida, his wife wants to start a new career in real estate. Issues of aging, infidelity, failing children, loss of power are all well described. Very reality based.
The fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live.