Confessions of the Fox: A Novel

Confessions of the Fox: A Novel

AÂ New York TimesÂ Editorsâ€™ Choice: â€œA mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid, eighteenth century London . . . a joyous mash-up of literary genres shot through with queer theory and awash in sex, crime, and revolution.â€

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker â€¢ HuffPost â€¢ Kirkus ReviewsÂ â€¢Â Finalist for the Lambda Literary AwardÂ â€¢Â Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize â€¢Â â€œA dazzling tale of queer romance and resistance.â€â€”Time

Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. Yet no one knows the true story; their confessions have never been found.

Until now. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscriptâ€”a gender-defying exposÃ© of Jack and Bessâ€™s adventures. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bessâ€™s tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwinedâ€”and only a miracle will save them all.

Writing with the narrative mastery of Sarah Waters and the playful imagination of Nabokov, Jordy Rosenberg is an audacious storyteller of extraordinary talent.

Praise for Confessions of the Fox

â€œA cunning metafiction of vulpine versatility . . . an action-adventure tale with postmodern flourishes; an academic comedy spliced with period erotica; an intimate meditation on belonging.â€â€”Katy Waldman,Â The New Yorker

â€œConfessions of the FoxÂ is so goddamned good. Reading it was like an out-of-body experience. I want to run through the streets screaming about it. It should be in the personal canon of every queer and non-cis person. Read it.â€â€”Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award finalist forÂ Her Body and Other Parties

â€œA hat tip to Moby-Dick . . . a running footnote hall of mirrors to rival Borges . . . one of the most trenchant calls for progressive action that I have read in a very long time.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œAn ambitious work of metafiction, a sexy queer love story . . . a bold first novel.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly
Country USA
Brand One World
Manufacturer One World
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2019-03-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399592287

Country	USA
Brand	One World
Manufacturer	One World
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2019-03-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399592287

Confessions of the Fox: A Novel

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