Rabbit at rest

1st trade ed.

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Author

Updike, John.

Publication

1990 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

128,000 words, Guess

Page Count

512 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL1889695M
ISBN-100394588150
OCLC Control Number654486317
OCLC Control Number654486423
OCLC Control Number654486533

and 6 more

OCLC Control Number22895143
OCLC Control Number54047366
OCLC Control Numberrabbitatrest00updi
Library of Congress Control Number90052953
LibraryThing1317319
Goodreads666916

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3571.P4 R23 1990

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 ...

Description

"Ex-basketball player Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life 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."