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John Updike

Rabbit Redux

John Updike - Author
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Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 384 pages | ISBN 9780141188546 | 01 Jun 2006 | Penguin Classic
Rabbit Redux
It's 1969, and the times are changing.  America is about to land a man on the moon, the Vietnamese war is in full swing, and racial tension is on the rise.  Things just aren't as simple as they used to be - at least, not for Rabbit Angstrom.  His wife has left him with his teenage son, his job is under threat and his mother is dying.  Suddenly, into his confused life - and home - comes Jill, an eighteen-year-old runaway who becomes his lover.  But when she invites her friend to stay, a young black radical named Skeeter, the pair's fragile harmony soon begins to fail...
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