Chosen By Nicole
March 2009 For Discussion April 2009
John Updike Wikipedia
Review
It’s 1959 and Harry ‘Rabbit’ Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence - stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house full of overflowing ashtrays and discarded glasses, a young son and a futile job. With no way to fix things, he resolves to flee from his family and his home in Pennsylvania, beginning a thousand-mile journey that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because, as he knows only too well, ‘after you’ve been first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate’.
Score
Carol: 3/10
Gill: 4/10
Kelly: 5/10
Nicole: 7.5/10
Rachel: 8/10
Average Score: 5.5/10
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