Hugo Rifkind Rabbits

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This talk is based on Hugos breathtaking new novel. It is perfect for fans of Saltburn.Tommo has just started at a new schoola training ground for the Scottish elitewhen 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.

Hugo Rifkind is a columnist, critic and leader writer for The Times. He also presents a Saturday morning show on Times Radio from 10am-1pm. Formerly a columnist for The Herald, The Spectator and GQ, he joined The Times in 2005 as a diarist and features writer. He now writes a weekly opinion column, the weekend TV review and My Week, a diary parody. He has won two Press Awards, three Comment Awards and one Stonewall Award

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