Rabbits by Hugo Rifkind

Rabbits by Hugo Rifkind

Rabbitsis the much-anticipated, long awaited new novel from columnist Hugo Rifkind.It is a story of drugs, aristocracy, death and disputed inheritance, set in the 1990s its Iain Banks meetsThe Secret History,a journey into a different class and a coming-of-age story in a changing Scotland.

'Darkly funny as Saltburn, but with kilts'

-- Val McDermid

'Sometimes sad, often funny coming-of-age story.. a fine novel. It is moving, as novels of time lost and time recovered always are'

-- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *

'a coming-of-age story with a mind-blowing opening paragraph, the novel explores middle-class teenager Tommo's moves among the fading elite of society and the sinister undertow of their world, holding the reader in a vice-like grip all the way to the final page'

* Sunday Post *

'Hot on the heels of Saltburn and Jonny Sweet’s The Kellerby Code, Hugo Rifkind’s entertaining new novel offers another jaded look at the antics of the posh . . . keeps the outrageous laughs and twists coming in equal measure'

-- Alexander Larman * Observer *

'It is terrific... really captures the anxiety of youth'

-- Matt Chorley * Times Radio *

'Rabbits is an instantly compelling novel; it is simultaneously poignant, peculiar, tragic, and very, very funny. Highly recommended'

-- Sathnam Sanghera

'A remarkable achievement, a novel that so well encapsulates the slightly feral condition of teenage boys tasting independence for the first time ... recreates a world unknown to most readers, like Saltburn, rather creepily repellent, but with all its fascination to the outsider'

-- Linda Grant, Booker Shortlisted author of The Clothes on Their Backs

'The best 2 a.m.-whisky story of madly evocative nineties' youth: parties in crumbling houses, and a sense of time running out. This book is fabulous company – you’ll cancel your own parties to get to the end. A queasy, hilarious joy'

-- Caitlin Moran

'The leap from journalism to fiction is not always an easy one, but in Rifkind's case, my only frustration is that he took so long to take the leap. A darkly funny, often disturbing, hugely entertaining story that sneaks around behind the crumbling facades of wealth and masculinity to smoke a joint and shoot some shit'

-- Tim Minchin

'Rabbits pulls you in and doesn't let go. A dazzling, compelling novel'

-- John Niven, author of Kill Your Friends

'A menacingly funny story of dark secrets, coming-of-age faltering, and the dirty seduction of being sucked into elite circles... Rabbits is a droll, bold, disturbing dynamo of a book'

-- Joanne Owen * LoveReading *

'A poignant story of doomed love... a "proper debut", a coming of age story drawing heavily on his own background and experience'

* Herald *

'Rabbits is for the most part populated by pretty unlovable people who become progressively less lovable. But it is saved by a wider social and historical resonance, a sympathetic narrator who just needs a big hug, and a readable style that keeps the pages turning'

-- Bernard Hughes * The Arts Desk *

Hugo Rifkind is a columnist, critic and leader writer for The Times and a presenter on Times Radio, having formerly been a columnist for the Spectator, GQ and the Herald. He is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s comedy show The News Quiz, and an occasional guest on television shows that aren’t supposed to be funny at all. He was born and raised in Edinburgh, studied in Cambridge, and now lives in North London in a house where everybody else speaks German, including the dog.

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ISBN 13	9781846976704
ISBN 10	1846976707
Title	Rabbits
Author	Hugo Rifkind
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2024-06-06
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.