How John Updike Invented Brat

Harry Angstrom — better known by his nickname, Rabbit — has the typical problem of a 26-year-old Western man. He feels trapped. Trapped by the small apartment he rents, and trapped by his job demonstrating kitchen gadgets in a department store. Trapped by his wife, Janice, who is pregnant with their second child and, in Rabbit’s opinion, “dumb”: she drinks too much and watches too much TV. His solution is to run, impulsively driving off into the night and deserting his family, trying to get somewhere where he can “shake all thoughts of the mess behind him”.

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