| Rabbit Redux is the second book of one of the most important author series of amenrican literature: Rabbit novels by John Updike. In Rabbit Redux we meet again with the main character of the series, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, now 10 years older, already a middle aged man with a job he really hates, a marriage that doesn't work anymore and a teenage son. His wife, Janice, leaves him to be with one of her co-workers, Stavros. Harry remains with his son, Nelson, also dealing with his acerbic old mother. Incidentally, Harry meets a troubled young woman, Jill, that soon moves in with him and his son. Although Jill has a lot of issues, including addiction to drugs and paying her way with sex, Harry and Nelson get attached to the girl. Harry and Jill develop a strange, twisted relationship where sex is mixed almost paternal feelings from Harry. Through Jill, Harry meets another strange character, Skeeter, an African-American cynical drug dealer that just returned from Vietnam and is very active withing black power movement of sixties and seventies. Harry's life becomes a strange twirl of events that finally lead to Jill's death.
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Internal struggle/realization? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Drinking/Drugs problems? - drugs Lover is Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () Small town? Yes Small town people: - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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