![]() ![]() To find back this feeling of freedom and bliss he had in high school. For no destination in particular, but he has one goal in mind. His wife Janice is an alcoholic that frequently drinks while pregnant of their second child and one day Rabbit freaks out and leaves. He was a basket-ball star in high school and eight years after graduation day, he still can't adjust to the reality of working class. ![]() Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom is twenty-six years old and he's having a hard time. To understand the novel, you have to understand the character. Well, surprise surprise, Rabbit, Run is not perfect, but it's a gutsy novel that has the courage to dig deep where everybody always simplifies. I started reading Rabbit, Run with a knife between my teeth and the firm intention to find holes in the multiple prize winning author's game. Fellow writers will agree that total contentment is the beginning of the end. To me, a writer that smiles all the goddamn time is a writer who's very content about his body of work. I had this pre-reading beef with John Updike. ![]()
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