Certainly not the first, but a glorious explanation of the schlub/anti-hero is Updike's character, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rab

Certainly not the first, but a glorious explanation of the schlub/anti-hero is Updike's character, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit,_Run https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit,_Run