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MR Fox
Helen Oyeyemi
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Description for MR Fox
Paperback. A love story like no other: 'so vivid and inventive, its pages almost glow' Sarah Waters Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Mr Fox, by award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, is an beautiful and immersive exploration of the labyrinthine world of imagination, storytelling and love.
It’s a bright afternoon in 1938 and Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox, celebrated novelist, hasn’t seen her in six years. He’s unprepared for her afternoon visit, not least because she doesn’t exist. He’s infatuated with her. But he also made her up.
Will Mr Fox meet his muse’s challenge, to stop murdering his heroines and explore something of love? What will his wife Daphne think of this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330534697
SKU
V9780330534697
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching, Mr Fox and the short story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours. Helen has been included in Granta's Best Young British Novelists and is the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award.
Reviews for MR Fox
Oyeyemi’s characters almost dance on their pages. This is her best, most beautiful novel yet.
Independent on Sunday
Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heart-warming and spine-chilling.
Guardian
Funny and fresh, piercingly astute.
Daily Telegraph
Not just vibrantly imaginative but filled with wit and wisdom. Her best book so far.
Metro
A love story ... Read more
Independent on Sunday
Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heart-warming and spine-chilling.
Guardian
Funny and fresh, piercingly astute.
Daily Telegraph
Not just vibrantly imaginative but filled with wit and wisdom. Her best book so far.
Metro
A love story ... Read more