Wild Things
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A controversial novel of power, prestige and pack mentality exposes the dark underbelly of college life at a prominent university
St Anton's university college is a cradle for privileged young men and women. With its Elysian lush green lawns and buildings of golden sandstone, it seems like a place where nothing bad could ever happen. One weekend, members of the college cricket team go to the mountains for a wild weekend away. things spiral rapidly out of control, and a young Malaysian student they dragged along with them as part of a cruel prank goes missing. When the boy is found by some bushwalkers on a rock ledge, barely clinging to life, most people think it's because of a fall, but the St Anton's men know better. the stress of keeping their collective secret however becomes harder and harder to bear, and even the heavy wrought-iron fences of the college can't keep out reality... Dark, dangerous, bloody and visceral, this is a story of power, prestige and the pack mentality that forms the underbelly of campus life at a prestigious university. With overtones of the Secret History meets Brett Easton Ellis, this is the debut of a thrilling new Australian writer.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Journalist Brigid Delaney funneled some of the less savoury aspects of her experiences as a tutor at the University of Sydney’s St John’s College into this gripping tale of a group of cricketers conspiring to cover up a heinous act. The first-time novelist does an excellent job of inhabiting the jumbled morality and self-destructiveness of her young, privileged characters, cranking up the suspense as her story hurtles toward its dark conclusion.