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Book Review By Charles B. Owen
Rabbit At Rest by John Updike

Henry "Rabbit" Angstrom is being put out to pasture, turning over the family car business (technically owned by his wife) to their cocaine-addicted son. As a middle-aged has-been sports hero, he struggles to establish or renew healthy and satisfying relationships with someone - anyone, while trying to deal with his own loss of health and vigor. A series of bad choices isolate him from those who might be willing to overlook his bitter, condescending, sarcastic nature, in the end leaving him alone to deal with his mortality.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Wife
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - Boob talk!
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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