Rabbit is Rich

by John Updike

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The hero of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1960), ten years after the hectic events described in Rabbit Redux (1971), has come to enjoy considerable prosperity as Chief Sales Representative of Springer Motors, a Toyota agency in Brewer, Pennsylvania. The time is 1979: Skylab is falling, gas lines are lengthening, the President collapses while running in a marathon, and double-digit inflation coincides with a deflation of national confidence. Nevertheless, Harry Angstrom feels in good shape, ready to enjoy life at last -- until his son, Nelson, returns from the West, and the image of an old love pays a visit to his lot. New characters and old populate these scenes from Rabbit's middle age, as he continues to pursue, in his erratic fashion, the rainbow of happiness.
  • ISBN10 0233974245
  • ISBN13 9780233974248
  • Publish Date 11 January 1982 (first published 12 September 1981)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 16 July 1997
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint HarperCollins Distribution Services
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 480
  • Language English