Fox: A Novel

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Synopsis
A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author &“who is surely on any shortlist of America&’s greatest living writers&” (The New York Times Magazine)&“Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written, Fox is yet further proof Oates is one of the greatest writers among us today.&”—Gillian Flynn&“I found it mesmerizing front to back.&”—Michael Connelly&“I can&’t remember the last time I read something so (darkly, disconcertingly) addictive.&”—Rebecca Makkai&“An extraordinary novel . . . unlike any other mystery I&’ve read.&”—Joseph Finder&“Fox is poised to be the big escape a lot of us are looking for right about now.&”—The Boston GlobeA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Vulture, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, AV Club, AARPWho is Francis Fox? A charming English teacher new to the idyllic Langhorne Academy, Fox beguiles many of his students, their parents, and his colleagues at the elite boarding school, while leaving others wondering where he came from and why his biography is so enigmatic. When two brothers discover Fox&’s car half-submerged in a pond in a local nature preserve and parts of an unidentified body strewn about the nearby woods, the entire community, including Detective Horace Zwender and his deputy, begins to ask disturbing questions about Francis Fox and who he might really be.A hypnotic, galloping tale of crime and complicity, revenge and restitution, victim vs. predator, Joyce Carol Oates&’s Fox illuminates the darkest corners of the human psyche while asking profound moral questions about justice and the response evil demands. A character as magnetically diabolical as Patricia Highsmith&’s Tom Ripley and Vladimir Nabokov&’s Humbert Humbert, Francis Fox enchants and manipulates nearly everyone around him, until at last he meets someone he can&’t outfox. Written in Oates&’s trademark intimate, sweeping style, and interweaving multiple points of view, Fox is a triumph of craftsmanship and artistry, a novel as profound as it is propulsive, as moving as it is full of mystery.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
672 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780593978108
Related ISBNs:
9780593978085, 9798217075928, 9798217076123
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
The Ontario Review, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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