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'Very funny … With Fox 8, Saunders does something one might, in isolation, think it almost impossible for a book to do, which is to resensitise the reader to violence' Guardian
An enchanting and darkly comic fable of human greed and nature, from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, exquisitely illustrated by Chelsea Cardinal
Fox 8 has always been curious, and a bit of a daydreamer. And, by hiding outside houses at dusk and listening to children's bedtime stories, he has learned to speak 'Yuman'.
The power of words and the stories built from them is intoxicating for a fox with a poetic soul, but there is 'danjur' on the horizon: a new shopping mall is being built, cutting off his pack's food supply. To save himself and his fellow foxes, Fox 8 will have to set out on a harrowing quest from the wilds of nature deep into the dark heart of suburbia.
Product details
Published | 15 Nov 2018 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 64 |
ISBN | 9781526606488 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Saunders is that rare writer who is utterly original, inventive – yet accessible - with a grasp on the human condition only found elsewhere in Tolstoy and Chekhov… Charming and funny … It is also sweetly naïve and throws a light on hypocrisies and ridiculousness as well as making the reader view everyday things a little differently, in a childlike way … The story is wonderfully illustrated by Chelsea Cardinal, which adds to the fairy tale feel
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Here is a writer whose output varies widely in theme and style, but where the unifying element is the deep sense of goodness that radiates from it … Reading Saunders is moral education … It's a story that can and will be read by children – my own 10-year-old love it – but it's also a book of deep, complex truths … Very funny … A story about cultural difference and tribalism, about greed and the destruction of the American landscape
Alex Preston, Observer
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Very funny … With Fox 8, Saunders does something one might, in isolation, think it almost impossible for a book to do, which is to resensitise the reader to violence
Guardian
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When it comes to delivering pathos, humour and character with trip-along efficiency, underestimate Saunders at your peril … Saunders is a masta at werk
Esquire
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What starts as a sweet, idiosyncratic tale quickly becomes bleak and brutal as it emerges that Fox 8 is an émigré's tale. It'll take you an hour to read but will stay with you far longer
Metro
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Fox 8 is not just a handsome little stocking-filler but can help to transform the world in its own small beautiful way
Arifa Akbar, Financial Times