Rabbit, Run follows Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a former high‑school basketball star who bolts from his marriage and small‑town life in a burst of panic and longing. Updike tracks Rabbit’s flight and return with close, almost claustrophobic attention to gesture, landscape, and interior monologue. The novel is as much about postwar American restlessness as it is about one man’s bad decisions.

WHY WE PICKED IT
Because it’s the opening movement of one of the major American novel cycles of the twentieth century. Rabbit, Run is a strong pick for readers interested in domestic realism, mid‑century disillusionment, and granular psychological detail.

DETAILS
• Author: John Updike
• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• Publication Date: August 27, 1996
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780449911655
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