Rabbit Remembered

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Rabbit Remembered: Episode 4

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After the disastrous Thanksgiving dinner, Nelson has decided to move out.

After the disastrous Thanksgiving dinner, Nelson has decided to move out. He meets up with a very old school friend Billy Fosnacht.

Written ten years after his Pulitzer Prize winning tetralogy about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, John Updike revisits the family a decade on from Harry's death to contemplate how the family has got on without him.

Rabbit's son Nelson has recovered from his drug habit but separated from his wife.  Janice, his widow has remarried.  But into their lives steps Annabelle, Harry's illegitimate daughter.  And echoes of the past begin to cascade into the present.

Read by Toby Jones
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4

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Ten years after Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom has died, his illegitimate daughter turns up.

Ten years after Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom's death, his illegitimate daughter turns up on his widow Janice's doorstep. Writer John Updike revisits the family a decade on.

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