The Fox In The Attic Book

The fox in the attic is one of the very great novels of its time.

The fox in the attic book. Product details item weight. A tale of enormous suspense and growing horror the fox in the attic is the widely acclaimed first part of richard hughes s monumental historical fiction the human predicament set in the early 1920s the book centers on augustine a young man from an aristocratic welsh family who has come of age in the aftermath of world war i. Also by richard hughes. 1st edition february 28 2001 product dimensions.

344 pages isbn 10. 12 ounces paperback. 4 96 x 0 89 x 7 97 inches language. At once a novel of ideas and an exploration of the dark spaces of the heart it is a book in which the past returns in all its original uncertainty and strangeness.

The fox in the attic like its no less remarkable sequel the wooden shepherdess offers a richly detailed tolstoyan overview of the modern world in upheaval. Every reader in consequence has to discover richard hughes. The fox in the attic is the first volume of what richard hughes intended to be a trilogy of historical novels dealing with europe and north america between the two world wars told through the interlinked lives of its main characters and their connections with historical events and people. He is well worth the effort.