The Club

Synopsis

A runaway bestseller in Europe. The Club is a blistering novel set around an elite all-male dining club at Cambridge University, a page-turning story of privilege, power, and retribution. As a boy, Hans Stichler enjoys a fable-like childhood among the rolling hills and forests of Northern Germany, living an idyll that seems uninterruptable--until two disasters change his life forever. He falls into the guardianship of his eccentric English aunt Alex, who invites him to come to university at Cambridge, where she teaches art history. Alex will ensure his application to St. John's College is accepted, but in return Hans must help her investigate a secretive Cambridge institution known as the Pitt Club. The Club has existed for centuries, its long legacy of tradition, privilege, and decadence largely unquestioned. As Hans makes his best efforts to prove Club material, including training for the university boxing team, he is drawn into a glamorous world of debauchery and macho solidarity. And when he falls in love with fellow student Charlotte, the stakes of his deception are raised. For there are dark secrets in the club's history, as well as in its present--and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of a dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right. A provocative and timely novel from a highly regarded young writer, The Club is an invitation into a world behind closed doors, one of long-held secrets, hallowed history, and toxic behavior. TAKIS WÜRGER is a reporter working for the German news magazine Der Spiegel. He studied Human, Social, and Political Science at St. John's College Cambridge for a year before dropping out. During this time, he boxed for the University, broke two ribs and his hand, and became a member of the Adonians, the Hawks' Club, and the Pitt Club. Named one of Medium's "Top 30 Journalists under 30," alongside other accolades, Würger's work as a journalist has taken him to Afghanistan, Libya, Mexico, and Ukraine. The Club, which won the lit.Cologne debut prize and has become a bestseller in Germany, is his first novel. CHARLOTTE COLLINS studied English at Cambridge University. She is best known for her translation of Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, and was awarded the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize of the Goethe-Institut in 2017.

Copyright:

2019

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

212 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780802128966

Publisher:

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated

Date of Addition:

04/14/21

Copyrighted By:

Charlotte Collins

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers

Submitted By:

Terry Gorman

Proofread By:

Terry Gorman

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Translator:

Charlotte Collins