Fox
A Novel
Joyce Carol Oates
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠An âenthrallingâ (Los Angeles Times) and âremarkably engrossingâ (The New York Times Book Review, Editorsâ Choice) novâŚ
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠An âenthrallingâ (Los Angeles Times) and âremarkably engrossingâ (The New York Times Book Review, Editorsâ Choice) 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 schoolâby legendary author Joyce Carol Oates âEerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written.ââGillian Flynn âI found it mesmerizing front to back.ââMichael Connelly âI canât remember the last time I read something so (darkly, disconcertingly) addictive.ââRebecca Makkai âAn extraordinary novel . . . unlike any other mystery Iâve read.ââJoseph Finder âTom Ripley, eat your heart out.ââNPR âA classic psychological suspense.ââPeople âA dark, daring plunge into literary suspense . . . Oates dissects the predator-prey dynamic with merciless precision.ââThe Seattle Times A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ⢠AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Vulture, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, AV Club, AARP Who 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 Foxâs 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 Oatesâs 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 Highsmithâs Tom Ripley and Vladimir Nabokovâs Humbert Humbert, Francis Fox enchants and manipulates nearly everyone around him, until at last he meets someone he canât outfox. Written in Oatesâs 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.I own this!