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3. Romance

Episode 3 of 10

A significant encounter ensues when Rabbit and Ruth begin a romance of sorts after a one night stand. Read by Toby Jones.

A significant encounter ensues when Rabbit and Ruth begin a romance of sorts after a one night stand.

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 Pullitzer 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 大象传媒 Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.

14 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 Jan 2024 21:30

Credits

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

Broadcasts

  • Wed 19 Apr 2017 22:45
  • Sat 30 Nov 2019 21:45
  • Wed 10 Jan 2024 21:30