Rabbit Redux

John Updike · 1932–2009 · United States

Why it matters

A decade after fleeing his marriage, Harry Angstrom faces 1960s upheaval (race, drugs, the counterculture) invading his own suburban home. The second Rabbit novel widens Updike's study of American manhood into the era's turmoil.

At a glance

Dense, sensuous prose sustained across a loosely plotted domestic drama.