"A superb performance, all grace and dazzle...a brilliant portrait of middle America." -- Life
The assumptions and obsessions that control our daily lives are explored in tantalizing detail by master novelist John Updike in this wise, witty, sexy story. Harry Angstrom -- known to all as Rabbit, one of America's most famous literary characters -- finds his dreary life shattered by the infidelity of his wife, Janice. How he resolves -- or further complicates -- his problems, makes for a novel of the first order.
"Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit....A masterpiece." -- Time
"An awesomely accomplished writer...For God's sake, read the book. It may even -- will probably change your life." -- Anatole Broyard
"Dazzling." -- The Washington Post
"A triumph." -- Newsday
"A superb performance, all grace and dazzle...a brilliant portrait of middle America." -- Life
The assumptions and obsessions that control our daily lives are explored in tantalizing detail by master novelist John Updike in this wise, witty, sexy story. Harry Angstrom -- known to all as Rabbit, one of America's most famous literary characters -- finds his dreary life shattered by the infidelity of his wife, Janice. How he resolves -- or further complicates -- his problems, makes for a novel of the first order.
"Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit....A masterpiece." -- Time
"An awesomely accomplished writer...For God's sake, read the book. It may even -- will probably change your life." -- Anatole Broyard
"Dazzling." -- The Washington Post
"A triumph." -- Newsday
"A masterpiece . . . Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit."--"Time"
"An awesomely accomplished writer . . . For God's sake, read the book. It may even--will probably change your life."--Anatole Broyard
"A superb performance, all grace and dazzle . . . a brilliant portrait of middle America.""--Life"
A masterpiece . . . Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit. "Time"
An awesomely accomplished writer . . . For God s sake, read the book. It may even will probably change your life. Anatole Broyard
A superb performance, all grace and dazzle . . . a brilliant portrait of middle America. " Life""
A masterpiece . . . Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit. Time
An awesomely accomplished writer . . . For God s sake, read the book. It may even will probably change your life. Anatole Broyard
A superb performance, all grace and dazzle . . . a brilliant portrait of middle America. Life
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"A masterpiece . . . Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit."--Time
"An awesomely accomplished writer . . . For God's sake, read the book. It may even--will probably change your life."--Anatole Broyard
"A superb performance, all grace and dazzle . . . a brilliant portrait of middle America."
--Life
