The Rabbit Hutch

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Darkly hilarious and searingly relevant, the rabbit hutch is a powerful portrait of 21st century america, seen through the eyes of the unforgettable blandine winner of the waterstones debut fiction prize 2022 * winner of the national book award for fiction 2022 ‘inventive, heartbreaking and acutely funny’ observer vacca vale, indiana: recently voted number 1 on newsweek’s list of dying american cities. according to the developers, however, it’s a city with a whole history of reinvention, one that ‘buzzes with the american spirit.’ not everyone agrees though – certainly not the residents of the rabbit hutch, a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial centre, populated by a cast of unforgettable, disenfranchised characters. there’s an online obituary writer, a woman waging a solo campaign against rodents and, most notably, eighteen-year-old blandine, recently released from foster care and determined to stop the developers whatever the cost. set over one sweltering week in july, the rabbit hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary america. bold, experimental and brilliantly written, it will live in the memory long after the final page. a waterstones book of the year for 2022 ‘the rabbit hutch is 2022’s the secret history’ the big issue a finalist for the national book critics circle award * winner of the barnes & noble discover prize * an oprah daily book of the year, 2022 a new york times bestseller, sept 3 2023