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Rabbit At Rest

Written by: John Updike
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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Summary

 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • One of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century brings back ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the late middle-aged hero of Rabbit, Run, who has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild, and is looking for reasons to live.

“Brilliant...the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time.”—The Washington Post Book World

Rabbit’s son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to become a working girl. As, through 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. The geographical locale is divided between Brewer, in southestern Pennyslvania, and Deleon, in southwestern Florida. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Heartfelt
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What the critics say

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award

“Rich and rewarding ... Updike is working at the full height of his powers.”—The New York Times

“Brilliant ... It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Powerful ... John Updike with his precisian’s prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master.”—Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

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It was the right ending, it was enough! I have finished the four rabbit books and I’m going to do Rabbit Remembered, even though I don’t think it’s necessary.. I think this book was the perfect ending to the series..

It was the right ending..

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