Both a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller (2011) and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT was praised as one of the most striking and original novels of the year.Both a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller (2011) and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT was praised as one of the most striking and original novels of the year. Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards: Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2011. Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: WH Smith Paperback of the Year 2011.