

Meanwhile, as Harry wanders about, his wife proceeds to get drunk & Him than listening to babies cry and cheating people in used-car lots." Held him back.the feeling that somewhere there was something better for He knows he should go home but "Something When one night Harry decides that he must have sex (it's a little opaqueīut I believe he wished to enjoy anal pleasures) his wife spurns him & To a daughter, he moves back home (leaving the now pregnant other womanīehind) & takes a job at his father-in-law's used car lot. Harry, of course, is unable to answer this question, but he agrees to Mean so much to you? Whycling to that decency if trampling on others Him one of the great questions of the Age of Divorce: Do clean clothes To get some his clothes, he is corralled by the family minister, who asks Rabbit moves in with her & when he sneaks home

Rabbit decides to bail out on his family, but wants to get some adviceįrom his High School Basketball coach, who proceeds to set him up withĪ semi-pro whore. These people I'm outside, or is it all America?" StoppingĪt a roadside cafe and examining the clientele he wonders, "Is it just Mom's house, but ends up driving to West Virginia instead. His pregnant wife is drunk & he goes out to get their son from his To tool on them, until he starts sucking wind. Stops to play hoops with some neighborhood kids & revels in his ability On the rocks, with a young son and a job he loathes-demonstrating a kitchen Who finds himself trapped (like a rabbit, get it) in a marriage that is 'Rabbit' Angstrom is a 26 year old former High School basketball star, Perhaps, THE great novelist of his generation, Updike is best knownįor his brilliant essay on Ted Williams' last game (Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu)
