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{{short description|2002 novel by Tom Clancy}}
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| name           = Red Rabbit
| image          = Red Rabbit cover.jpg
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| caption        = First edition
| author         = [[Tom Clancy]]
| audio_read_by  = Derrick Hagon
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| country        = United States
| language       = English
| series         = Jack Ryan
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* [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
* [[Spy fiction]]
* [[Historical fiction]]
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| publisher      = [[G.P. Putnam's Sons]]
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| pub_date       = August 5, 2002
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| media_type     = Print ([[Hardcover]], [[Paperback]]), Audio
| pages          = 640
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| isbn           = 0399148701
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| preceded_by    = [[The Bear and the Dragon]]
| followed_by    = [[The Teeth of the Tiger]]
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'''''Red Rabbit''''' is a [[spy fiction|spy thriller]] novel, written by [[Tom Clancy]] and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of ''[[Patriot Games]]'' (1987), and incorporates the [[Pope John Paul II assassination attempt|1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II]]. Main character [[Jack Ryan (character)|Jack Ryan]], now an analyst for the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], takes part in the extraction of a Soviet defector who knows of a [[KGB]] plot to kill the pontiff. The book debuted at number one on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BEST SELLERS: August 25, 2002 |work=The New York Times |date=25 August 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/25/books/best-sellers-august-25-2002.html |access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref>