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Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
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Mr. Fox (original 2011; edition 2011)

by Helen Oyeyemi

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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently.… (more)
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Title:Mr. Fox
Authors:Helen Oyeyemi
Info:Picador USA (2011), Paperback, 256 pages
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Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi (2011)

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A surreal novel, I'm sure more complex than I understood, but enjoyable. ( )
  mykl-s | Aug 13, 2023 |
Clever and whimsical. I don't think I really "got" it completely, but I still enjoyed the journey. I suspect this would be great for (and better understood by) someone who really loves and reads a lot of folklore and fairytales. ( )
  BibliophageOnCoffee | Aug 12, 2022 |
Oyeyemi said in an interview that this novel was like a game, an outlet for play for her, and this definitely comes through. The imagery is wonderful and there are hints at meaning and symbolism, something about what makes a thing "real" and how real things become so, but none of it quite coalesces. If you're up for a fun, weird fairy tale excursion, you might like this one, but if you want a cohesive story, maybe look elsewhere. ( )
  ImperfectCJ | Jul 27, 2022 |
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http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/14028243 ( )
  Carmentalie | Jun 4, 2022 |
I was in just the right mood for this fanciful, slightly disturbing novel. It's hard to describe, but the gist is that Mr. Fox is a writer and his muse, Mary Foxe, comes to life (I guess?), inserting herself into his real marriage with Daphne Fox. The chapters that address the situation in the Fox household are interspersed with Mr. Fox's stories, which also tend to illuminate something that is going on in his real life.

I really enjoyed this, but I can see that it won't be for everyone. Actually, I don't think it would have been for me if I'd been in a different mood either, but I loved it. ( )
  japaul22 | Oct 5, 2021 |
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Helen Oyeyemi’s captivating new novel, “Mr. Fox,” begins with a jaunty spirit and a sense of play. We meet Mr. Fox; he is a writer of slasher books, and he has an assistant, a woman named Mary whom he conjured in a trench during his days fighting in World War I. He also has a wife, Daphne. At some point or other, all three of them write.

Mr. Fox is also a reference to the English folk tale character Bluebeard — a man who murders and dismembers women freely until his wife-to-be, the clever Lady Mary, turns the tables and exposes him.
 

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In the darkness they wondered if they could do it, and they knew they had to try to do it. - Mary Oliver
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For my Mr. Fox (whoever you are)
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Mary Foxe came by the other day--the last person on earth I was expecting to see.
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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently.

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