Michaela Kolofsky

So overnight, there were 18 rabbits who just stood up like humans.

So they basically, they look exactly like a rabbit, but they stand on their hind legs and they wear clothing and they speak and they have consciousness and they vote and they work and they live in houses next to humans.

So in the world that Jasper Ford has created for us, the government has a plan to rehome all the rabbits to whales.

And it becomes very clear in this world of Jasper Ford's novel, In the Constant Rabbit, that the anti-rabbit sentiment is rife all throughout the societies.

I should add as well that in this anthropomorphising event, there were also badgers and weasels and foxes who became sort of humanised.

Now, most humans in this world are at best kind of nervous or perplexed by the rabbits, but most of them are outwardly racist.

And the story that we come to know is told through a human called Peter Knox, who is not a rabbit hater, but who works for the Rabbit Compliance Task Force.

And his job is to spot rabbits who could become criminals or who could threaten the state in some way.

I would say very quickly that rabbits are described very particularly and in very, very funny terms in this novel as

They have very straight talking ways.

They're very direct.

They don't like to lie.

They speak English and a language called rabbity.

They have a spiritual leader.

They have their own kind of cultural ethos.

And apparently the average IQ of a rabbit is about 20% higher than a human.

And their general style is described as Beatrix Potter chic.

So I think you're getting a good sense of the kind of tone of this book.

It's absolutely superb.

We have to say as well that a country run on rabbit principles and ethics would probably be a huge step forward given the kinds of levels of equality and lack of conflict and gender equality that rabbits tend to sort of promote.