The Rabbit Tetralogy is Updike's masterpiece and will surely become his monument. Harry Angstrom has gained weight, but he still plays golf. His wife Janice, unwilling to retire from active life, is preparing for a career as a real estate agent. They can now afford to spend the winter months in their own apartment in Florida. 'Springer Motors' has been entrusted to their son Nelson, who, as it turns out, is embezzling money because he has become addicted to drugs. Rabbit sleeps with his daughter-in-law, leading to a family catastrophe. As he has done in precarious situations before, he gets in the car and flees. Then fate catches up with him. His arteries, clogged with junk food, fail him as he throws the ball towards the hoop one last time with some playing boys.