Rabbit at rest
by John Updike
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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 ...
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Fiction, Middle class men, Harry Angstrom (Fictitious character), Middle-aged men, Literature, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=1990, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Angstrom, harry (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books| Edition | Availability |
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Rabbit at Rest
October 1999, Tandem Library
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0613013948 9780613013949
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Rabbit at rest
1996, Fawcett Columbine
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0449911942 9780449911945
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Rabbit at rest
1990, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
- 1st trade ed.
0394588150 9780394588155
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"This limited first edition ... has been privately printed, and personally signed by John Updike, exclusively for members of the Signed First Edition Society"--Prelim. p. [3].
Sequel to: Rabbit is rich.
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