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6. Labour

Episode 6 of 10

Ruth is furious when Harry learns that his wife Janice is in labour and rushes off. Post-war American novel read by Toby Jones.

Ruth is furious when Harry learns that his wife Janice is in labour and rushes off, arriving at the hospital full of fear, only to fall head over heels for his new baby daughter.

Rabbit, Run is the first in a virtuoso Pulitzer Prize-wining quintet featuring hapless Harry Angstrom.

We meet him as a 26-year-old former high school basketball star and suburban paragon in the midst of a personal crisis.

Abridged in ten parts by Eileen Horne.

Read by Toby Jones.

Producer: Clive Brill

A Brill production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.

14 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Jan 2024 21:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Toby Jones
Author John Updike
Abridger Eileen Horne
Producer Clive Brill

Broadcasts

  • Mon 24 Apr 2017 22:45
  • Sat 21 Dec 2019 21:45
  • Mon 15 Jan 2024 21:30