How many Rabbit novels has John Updike written?
John Updike has written four Rabbit novels: Rabbit Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1971), Rabbit Is Rich (1981), and Rabbit at Rest (1990).
The hero of all four is Harry Angstrom, nicknamed “Rabbit.”
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