In 1981-82, John Updike turned fifty and published Rabbit Is Rich, the third installment of Updike's Rabbit chronicle and the tenth novel of his career. The resulting publicity was enormous: a Time cover story; the re-issue of his first book, The Carpentered Hen, originally published in 1958; and three prestigious awards for Rabbit Is Rich --the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and an American Book Award. Add to this list of...