Rabbit, Run (1993 Easton Press edition) by John Updike is a luxuriously bound collector’s version of the 1960 novel that launched the iconic Rabbit series. This mid-century masterpiece follows Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a 26-year-old former high school basketball star trapped in a stifling marriage and dead-end sales job in small-town Pennsylvania. Fleeing his responsibilities in a sudden, impulsive dash for freedom, Rabbit’s chaotic journey—through affairs, tragedy, and existential drift—exposes the hollow core of postwar American prosperity.
Updike’s prose dazzles with its lyrical precision and unflinching honesty, capturing Rabbit’s restless desires and the era’s simmering discontent. The Easton Press edition elevates this modern classic with full leather binding, 22-karat gold accents, archival paper, and silk moiré endpapers, making it a striking tribute to Updike’s exploration of masculinity, morality, and the elusive American Dream.
