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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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    A Paperback / softback by John Updike, Justin Cartwright

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 1 June 2006
      ISBN-13 9780141188447
      978-0141188447
      ISBN-10 0141188448
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      Contemporary Fiction Books by John Updike

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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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