The Club

De: Charlotte Collins - translator, Takis Würger

Narrado por: Tim Campbell, Kate Reading, Henrietta Meire, James Langton, Simon Vance, Feodor Chin, Derek Perkins, Ralph Lister, Bradford Hastings

The Club is a blistering, timely, and gripping novel set at Cambridge University, centering around an all-male dining club for the most privileged and wealthy young men at Cambridge and following an outsider who exposes the dark secrets of this group, the Pitt Club.

As a boy, Hans Stichler enjoys a fable-like childhood among the rolling hills and forests of North Germany, living an idyll that seems uninterruptible. A visit from Hans' ailing English aunt Alex, who comes to stay for an entire summer, has a profound effect on the young Hans, all the more so when she 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, he must help her investigate an elite university club of young aristocrats and wealthy social climbers, the Pitt Club. The club has existed at Cambridge for centuries, its long legacy of tradition and privilege largely unquestioned.

As Hans makes his best efforts to prove club material and infiltrate its ranks, including testing his mettle in the boxing ring, he is drawn into a world of extravagance, debauchery, and macho solidarity. And when he falls in love with fellow student Charlotte, he sees a potential new life of upper-class sophistication opening up to him.

But there are secrets in the club's history, as well as in its present - and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of what proves to be an increasingly dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the notion that sometimes, one must do wrong to do right.

©2019 Takis Wurger (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

cool

not my normal type of listening choice. but worth a listen anyway. solid story good voice actors.

Not a mystery

If you're looking for a mystery this isn't it. It's still a good story that's a little predictable. The characters are well thought out and like always everyone is at least slightly flawed.

Pretty good overall, the different narrators liven it up a bit. I love anything Simon Vance reads. Only one I didn't care for was the guy who did Billy's part. Drove me nuts a little bit.