THE RABBIT HUTCH Paperback

"The Rabbit Hutch" by Tess Gunty is a dazzling and ambitious debut novel that offers a kaleidoscopic look into the lives of the residents of a low-cost housing complex in the fictional, decaying industrial town of Vacca Vale, Indiana. Centered around the ethereally beautiful and intellectually formidable Blandine, an eighteen-year-old recently aged out of the foster care system, the narrative unfolds over one sweltering July week, intricately weaving together the stories of diverse characters—from an online obituary writer to a young mother grappling with dark secrets. Through its formally experimental structure and biting humor, the novel explores profound themes of loneliness, yearning, entrapment, and the desperate pursuit of freedom in a forgotten corner of contemporary America, culminating in a bizarre act of violence that irrevocably alters everything.