![]() ![]() Rabbit and Janice have been married for 12 years. Racial tensions, the Apollo Eleven moon landing, and the Vietnam War all occur outside his bored, humdrum existence. Set during the "Summer of Love" in the 1960s, Rabbit is only vaguely aware of the cultural issues that appear on his television. He works at his father's company as a typesetter, an occupation which threatens to be rendered irrelevant with the advancement of technology. He sees himself as similar to his steadily declining hometown of Brewer, Pennsylvania. This novel takes place ten years after its prequel, Rabbit Run, in which Rabbit abandoned his marriage in pursuit of his past athletic career, then returned after his wife's fatal negligence of their second child. His glory days behind him and his marriage to Janice falling apart, Rabbit seeks out solace in drugs and cultural exploration. The second novel in John Updike's "Rabbit" series, Rabbit Redux reintroduces former high school basketball star Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom in his middle age. ![]()
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