Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
Taste attributes: dramaromancefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipself destruction/implosiontroubled leads
Boxlist takeMoving and realistic: an original novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—or any other—generation. Its hero is Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and son.
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- Author
- John Updike
- Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 308
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- Open Library
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