Book description
It's 1989, and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom is far from restful. Fifty-six
and overweight, he has a struggling business on his hands and a heart
that is starting to fail. His family, too, are giving him cause for
concern. His son Nelson is a wreck of a man, a cocaine addict with
shattered self-respect. Janice, his wife, has decided that she wants to
be a working girl. And as for Pru, his daughter-in-law, she seems to be
sending out signals to Rabbit that he knows he should ignore, but
somehow can't. He has to make the most of life, after all. He doesn't
have much time left ...
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)
Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa, educated there, in
Michigan and Oxford University. He lives in London and has won a
number of prizes for his 8 novels, including the Whitbread,
Hawthornden and the Sunday Times (SA) Award. He has been shortlisted
for the Booker Prize.
