Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels (Everyman's Library)
A New York Times Poll indicated that John Updike's quartet of Rabbit novels is one of the five most important achievements in fiction in the past quarter century. Here, in the second of a two-part conversation, Updike agrees that the books represent the peak of his attainment, and he reminisces about his creation of Rabbit Angstrom and his decision to kill him off at the end of the 20th century. (Part 1)
John Updike, Part 2
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