Aloud @ Los Angeles Public Library

Join Tess Gunty to discuss her debut novel The Rabbit Hutch, the winner of this year’s National Book Award. In her darkly funny and remarkable novel we’re introduced to a string of overlapping characters and plots mostly centered around La Lapinière otherwise known as “The Rabbit Hutch,” a run-down apartment building in Vacca Vale, Indiana. The novel unconventionally jumps among perspectives, mediums and tenses revealing the buildings quirky residents. Gunty keeps the plot moving creating a story that has you hooked from the first page until the surprising finale. The novel touches on so many important issues — loneliness, consumerism, community, and mental illness all with a great subtly and intelligence.