The Rabbit Club, Christopher J. Yates
The Rabbit Club, Christopher J. Yates
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The Rabbit Club
A Novel

Author: Christopher J. Yates

Narrator: Jeremy Arthur, Will Watt, Imogen Church

Unabridged: 11 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2025


Synopsis

*A Daily Mirror Best Book of the Year*
*A People Best Book of July!*
*A New York Post Best Beach Read!*
*A Free Press Summer Read!*

The author of Black Chalk, "the smart summer thriller you've been waiting for" (NPR), returns with a mesmerizing new novel about a dangerous secret society at Oxford University, and the first-year Literature student whose life begins to unravel in its shadow

When Ali McCain, an eighteen-year-old from Los Angeles, is accepted at Oxford, it’s a chance to fulfill his dreams. To study English literature in England; to meet true intellectuals; and to glimpse the life he might have lived had his father—British rock star Gel McCain, legendary frontman of the Pale Fires—not abandoned him and his mother when he was a toddler.

But not long after he arrives at the storied campus, Ali is drawn into a dark, disorienting world where events grow more and more curious by the day. Trading on his father’s name, he gains entry into one of Oxford’s oldest and most selective secret societies, the Saracens. As he immerses himself in this rarefied world, he inadvertently sets in motion a series of events that might culminate in disaster.

A mind-bending literary house of mirrors, replete with bookish allusions and Easter eggs ranging from Brideshead Revisited to King Lear, The Rabbit Club is an arresting work of dark academia by the category’s finest writer.

About Christopher J. Yates

Christopher Yates is the author of Black Chalk and Grist Mill Road. Black Chalk was an Indie Next Pick that was also named a best book of the year by NPR, and a “must read” by the Boston Globe, BBC.com and the New York Post. He was born in London and studied law at Wadham College, Oxford, and lives in New York with his wife and his dog.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dannie on January 21, 2025

very the-secret-history ish but with its own great and wonderful twist. i’m excited to see how others think of it......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 25, 2025

4.5 Down the rabbit hole of dark academia set in Oxford. As Alistair enters the world he craves, reality begins to blur. His ambition to join the secret society could end it all. With clever references to classic literature, Yates has masterfully created a house of mirrors. If you think you have solv......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on July 13, 2025

Well, I was certainly NOT expecting THAT!!! OK... to be honest, I was cruising through this for the most part... a little uncomfortable with the 90's college boys trying to be men, and the games that were played... as well as the illegitimate son angle... but, I was game, and kept listening… and WOW!......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on April 15, 2025

Thank you to HTP Books/Hanover Square Press for providing me with a gifted ebook copy of The Rabbit Club through NetGalley. All opinions are my own. At the age of eighteen Allistair McCain is leaving Los Angeles behind, after he's been accepted to attend Oxford University. It's been his dream to stud......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on July 15, 2025

4.25✨ Christopher J Yates presented me a real challenge. This piece starts off immensely slow until the introduction of a mystery narrator which was beautifully done. In 1994, our MMC Alistair takes on life at Oxford. I thought maybe the typical coming of age story. He moves to a new country, throws......more