Context:

The host mentioned this novel set in 1979 where the everyman character Harry Angstrom 'is always whinging about inflation' and 'puts his money into South African Krugerrands in the novel because he tells his wife this is a way to deal with their savings being eroded by inflation.'

Context:

Referenced when discussing American nostalgia and the sense that America's best days may be in the past, noting that 'in John Updike's rabbit books, they talk about the great American ride is ending.'