Rabbit at Rest (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780394588155)

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.

Author: John Updike
ISBN-10: 0394588150
ISBN-13: 9780394588155
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 09/26/1990
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 31
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10843 / Rabbit at Rest

Award: Pulitzer Prize - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/1990