Rabbit Is Rich is a captivating novel by the acclaimed author John Updike. This book, the third installment in the Rabbit Angstrom series, delves into the life of Harry Angstrom, a character familiar to Updike's readers.

Set in 1979, amidst a backdrop of a nation grappling with economic uncertainty, Harry finds himself in a position of newfound prosperity as the Chief Sales Representative of Springer Motors, a Toyota agency in Brewer, Pennsylvania. While the world around him faces challenges such as Skylab falling, gas lines lengthening, and inflation soaring, Harry feels ready to enjoy life.

However, life takes an unexpected turn when his son, Nelson, returns from the West, and the image of an old love reappears. The novel paints a vivid picture of Rabbit's middle age, filled with new and returning characters, as he continues his pursuit of the elusive rainbow of happiness.

George Bowling, the hero of Orwell's comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before.

The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF.