8. Baby
Janice brings the new baby home. Harry is overjoyed, until he is thwarted and decides to run again. Read by Toby Jones.
Janice brings the new baby home from hospital.
Harry is overjoyed - until he is thwarted in his desires and decides to run again, at least for a night, with tragic consequences...
The post-war novel that summed up middle-class white America and established John Updike as the major American author of his generation.
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 by Eileen Horne
Read by Toby Jones.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Toby Jones |
| Author | John Updike |
| Abridger | Eileen Horne |
| Producer | Clive Brill |
Broadcasts
Wed 26 Apr 2017 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Sat 4 Jan 2020 21:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Wed 17 Jan 2024 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra