![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These are ideas that fascinate us all, says Julian. In one particularly memorable Greek class, he leads a discussion on divine madness and the loss of the self. Although Julian is initially reluctant to admit another student, Richard manages to join the class. ![]() The class is taught by a charismatic professor, Julian. He’s rumored to be a genius.Īnd finally, there’s Bunny – a loud, cheerful boy who’s often joking around … and who we know will later end up dead. Then there are Charles and Camilla – an ethereal-looking pair who Richard initially mistakes for boyfriend and girlfriend. This cliquey group consists of just five students.įirst, there’s Francis – an elegantly dressed boy from a wealthy Catholic family. Richard wants to be part of the class – and part of the world they inhabit. They seem unapproachable, which only makes them more intriguing. When he arrives at Hampden College, he finds himself drawn to the small, somewhat eccentric group of students who are studying Classics. Richard is an ordinary young man from California. It began, Richard tells us, with the Classics class at Hampden College in Vermont. We don’t yet know who Bunny is, or why he was killed. The narrator, Richard Papen, reveals that years ago, he was involved in the death of a man named Bunny – a murder made to look like a hiking accident. ![]()
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