{"product_id":"the-rabbit-club-9781335550972","title":"The Rabbit Club","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e Best Beach Read!*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Chalk\u003c\/em\u003e, \"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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mind-bending literary house of mirrors, replete with bookish allusions and Easter eggs ranging from \u003cem\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rabbit Club \u003c\/em\u003eis an arresting work of dark academia by the category's finest writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYates, Christopher J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher Yates is the author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Chalk \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGrist Mill Road\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBlack Chalk \u003c\/em\u003ewas 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424504742162,"sku":"9781335550972","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93136569-1a2c-4cc1-ae83-77410a6118a6.jpg?v=1751381495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rabbit-club-9781335550972","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}