{"product_id":"9781471177989","title":"Foe","description":"Author: Reid, Iain\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781471177989\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 7.795 inches x 5.118 inches x 0.748 inches\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reads like a house on fire'\u003c\/b\u003e - the extraordinary new novel by \u003cb\u003eIain Reid\u003c\/b\u003e, the acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI’m Thinking of Ending Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou think you know everything about your life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Long-married couple Junior and Henrietta live a quiet, solitary life on their farm, where they work at the local feed mill and raise chickens. Their lives are simple, straightforward, uncomplicated.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntil everything you think you know collapses.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Until the day a stranger arrives at their door with alarming news: Junior has been chosen to take an extraordinary journey, a journey across both time and distance, while Hen remains at home. Junior will be gone for years. But Hen won't be left alone.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho can you trust if you can't even trust yourself?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n As the time for his departure draws nearer, Junior finds himself questioning everything about his life - even whether it's really his life at all.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n  An \u003cb\u003eeerily entrancing\u003c\/b\u003e page-turner, \u003ci\u003eFoe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003echurns with unease and suspense\u003c\/b\u003e from the first words to its shocking finale. Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eHumans, Westworld \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Black Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoe \u003c\/i\u003eis a book you will never forget.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e*** Praise for FOE ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘I couldn’t put it down.  \u003cb\u003eIt infected my dreams\u003c\/b\u003e. A \u003cb\u003ecreepy and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e book’      Zoe Whittall, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Kind of People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n 'The narrative is so \u003cb\u003eeerie and disturbing\u003c\/b\u003e… fuelling the reader’s unease; Reid pulls off a \u003cb\u003ewonderful twist in the tail\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘From the opening page, you’ll have an uneasy feeling as you settle into Iain Reid’s brilliant new novel.. A \u003cb\u003emasterful and breathtakingly unique\u003c\/b\u003e read. \u003cb\u003eI can’t stop thinking about it\u003c\/b\u003e ‘   Amy Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eStill Mine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStill Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘\u003cb\u003eSpare, consuming, unforgettable\u003c\/b\u003e.   \u003ci\u003eFoe \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea dark arrow from a truly original mind\u003c\/b\u003e.  Page by eerie page, Iain Reid pulls the unknown world out from under you, and leaves you trapped inside a marriage’s most haunting question: can I be replaced? This is \u003cb\u003ea book that seeps into your bloodstream\u003c\/b\u003e – and crowns Iain Reid the king of deadpan, philosophical horror’    Claudia Dey, author of \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘Movie producers are simply confirming what the literary community already knows: Iain Reid just might be the most \u003cb\u003eexciting\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e excitingly unclassifiable\u003c\/b\u003e author working in Canadian fiction today’  -\u003ci\u003e The Globe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003e‘Foe \u003c\/i\u003ereads like a house on fire, and is almost\u003cb\u003e impossible not to finish in one sitting\u003c\/b\u003e...an otherworldly hothouse of introversion and fantasy’  – \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42540432687262,"sku":"HPC-9781471177989","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781471177989.jpg?v=1681258725","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781471177989","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}