Book description
It's 1969, and the times are changing. America is about to land a man
on the moon, the Vietnamese war is in full swing, and racial tension is
on the rise. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be - at least,
not for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife has left him with his teenage son, his
job is under threat and his mother is dying. Suddenly, into his confused
life - and home - comes Jill, an eighteen-year-old runaway who becomes
his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay, a young black
radical named Skeeter, the pair's fragile harmony soon begins to fail
... 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).
