Book description
It's 1959 and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one time high school sports
superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a
second-rate existence - stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house
full of overflowing ashtrays and discarded glasses, a young son and a
futile job. With no way to fix things, he resolves to flee from his
family and his home in Pennsylvania, beginning a thousand-mile journey
that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because, as he
knows only too well, 'after you've been first-rate at something, no
matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate'.
Includes an afterword by the author.
John (Hoyer) Updike (1932-) American novelist, short story writer and
poet, internationally known for his novels RABBIT, RUN (1960), RABBIT
REDUX (1971), RABBIT IS RICH (1981), and RABBIT AT REST (1990). His
latest novel is VILLAGES (Penguin, 2005).
