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Rabbits

By: Hugo Rifkind
Narrated by: Andrew Watson
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A breathtaking new novel, perfect for fans of Saltburn

Tommo has just started at a new school—a training ground for the Scottish elite—when his friend Johnnie's brother is found dead in a Land Rover on a Highland farm. There's a shotgun at his feet. Nobody seems clear about what has happened, least of all Tommo.

A child of the middle class, and with new independence thrust upon him, Tommo finds himself invited into fading crumbling houses. It's the early nineties and this elite is struggling for relevance. Alienated from the mainstream, and running low on inherited wealth, his peers have retreated into snobbery and fatalism. Half-remembered traditions mix with decadence and an awful lot of small dead animals. And sometimes, not just animals.

Awed by their poise and seduced by their hedonism, Tommo gradually becomes aware of sinister currents beneath the surface and a suppressed rage that threatens to explode into violence.

©2024 Hugo Rifkind (P)2024 W. F. Howes Ltd
Crime Fiction Dark Humour Historical Fiction Mystery Highlander
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Scotland the brave

Extremely good narrator. Growing up in Scotland amongst the grouse set. Well worth a listen.

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A coming of age story of a Scottish toff

A well observed story of the entitled classes. Surprisingly, the author's command of the English language left much to be desired

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Humorously written page turner

Coming of age tale in a very quirky backdrop, written in the same style as Hugo’s humorous columns. Really enjoyable light read.

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Outstanding from every view point.

This has to be my book of 2024 (so far) and it is going to be very hard to beat.

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It was okay

It went on a bit. The story was okay and I listened to the end. I was hoping for brilliance but it didn’t arrive.

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Humorous fiction to rival the work of Tom Sharpe

Hugo Rifkind is brilliant on Times radio and as a Times columnist and this novel reveals another dimension. I finished the audiobook in two sessions showing how seductive the story line was . Anyone who has experienced difficulties fitting in with an unfamiliar culture will probably identify with the narrator’s character. The choice of narrator is inspired: a Rifkind sound-alike who seemed to inhabit Tommo perfectly

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A little dreary

Too much biography. Took too long to get to the real edgy stuff. Too much wasted time partying and drug taking for sustained interest.

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Overwritten

I like Hugo Rifkind on the radio. I even went to a boarding school. This however is over written, with too many self conscious asides which wouldn't have occurred to Tommo. A completely unlikeable and more than slightly unbelievable cast of characters.

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