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. “You’re a villain,” she tells him. “A
serial killer . . . can you grasp that?” 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 sudden change in her husband? Can there be
a happy ending – this time?
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. “You’re a villain,” she tells him. “A
serial killer . . . can you grasp that?” 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 sudden change in her husband? Can there be
a happy ending – this time?
