Tess Gunty's standout debut centers on a week in the interwoven lives of the inhabitants of a densely packed rust-belt appartment building - the rabbit hutch. The walls are porous, the rooms close and Gunty slips between them with a filmmakers eye and a poet's brilliant distillation of language. At the heart of the book is a riddle of a young woman - Blandine, who shares one unit with three other teenagers. You can tell these four are closest to the edge, and Blandine neither likes or understands these boys, though they too are products of a failed foster system and all are looking for meaning in their lives. The sweltering week will culminate in a bizarre act of violence that finally changes everything. The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America, a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and longing, entrapment and, ultimately, freedom. #therabbithutch #tessgunty #booksellerrecommends #literaryfiction #dauntbooks