Rabbit at Rest, John Updike's Pulitzer Prize-winning conclusion to the Rabbit tetralogy, chronicles the final months of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom's life. Now in his mid-fifties, retired, and living half the year in Florida, the former high school basketball star confronts obesity, heart disease, and the collapse of his family. His son Nelson spirals into cocaine addiction while driving the family Toyota dealership toward bankruptcy, pulling Rabbit back to Pennsylvania. Amid marital strains, old infidelities, and fleeting affairs, Rabbit drifts passively toward death. Set against Reagan-era America, the novel offers a moving meditation on mortality, decline, and the fading American Dream.
