Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi - ISBN: 9781035063758
Paperback
Novelist’s muse appears, challenging him to rewrite his dark stories.

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    14 October 2025

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Summary

‘Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heartwarming and spine-chilling’ - The Guardian

Mr Fox, by award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, is a 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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035063758
ISBN-10:1035063751
Author:Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:14 October 2025
Weight:206g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 19mm
Series:Picador Collection
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Oyeyemi’s characters almost dance on their pages. This is her best, most beautiful novel yet * The Independent on Sunday *
Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heartwarming and spine-chilling * The Guardian *
Funny and fresh, piercingly astute * The Daily Telegraph *
Not just vibrantly imaginative but filled with wit and wisdom. Her best book so far * Metro *
A love story like no other: so vivid and inventive, its pages almost glow – Sarah Waters, author of The Paying Guests

About The Author

Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching, Mr Fox, and the short story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours. Helen has been included in Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and is the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award.

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