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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 ...

Rabbit at Rest

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/06/2006
    ISBN13: 9780141188447, 978-0141188447
    ISBN10: 0141188448
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    Book Synopsis
    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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