Rabbit at Rest
Author: John Updike
Winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son and daughter-in-law are acting erratically, his wife Janice wants to work, and Rabbit is searching his soul, looking for reasons to live…..Read More
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