false <![CDATA[Rabbit Is Rich]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1207331711m/85391.jpg 85391 20 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. 3101473 1980 Rabbit Is Rich total:1590|5:444|4:600|3:412|2:107|1:27| 1590 6097 2371 125 4 17 false false Fri Dec 12 13:18:53 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 17:22:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jul 30 17:27:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 23:23:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 19:19:16 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 19:09:25 -0700 2008 1. Basketball
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i liked updike's first in the series, "rabbit run," but it took me a while to really love him as much as i did by the time i got to "rabbit i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 08:14:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 10:20:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 09:25:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 01:13:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:04:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:36:10 -0800 2008 Rabbit books, finishing the third book in the series, Rabbit is Rich. I approached this book dreading the death that I was sure -- based on the first two books -- was coming. With every female character to whom Rabbit turned his attention, I t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 26 09:06:14 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 09:10:34 -0700 2009
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I do find some of the criticisms of this book odd. ...more...]]> 4 1 true false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 23:39:11 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 03:22:25 -0800 2009
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Updike's sentences are so meandering yet so crisp, his rendering of his characters' emotions so dead-on, and the countless sex scenes are ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 05 12:22:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 12:33:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 19 21:15:06 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 14 21:17:49 -0700 2009
The death of his father-in-law made him and Janice - yes, he's back with Janice - rich. Or at least comfortably well off. But that's a misnomer really. ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 06:32:48 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 08:53:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=85391