{"product_id":"9780399592270","title":"Confessions of the Fox: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the eighteenth century London underworld, this bawdy, genre-bending novel reimagines the life of thief and jailbreaker Jack Sheppard to tell a profound story about gender, love, and liberation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ecentury thief. No one knows Jack’s true story—his confessions have never been found. That is, until Dr. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled \u003ci\u003eConfessions of the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDated 1724, the manuscript tells the story of an orphan named P. Sold into servitude at twelve, P struggles for years with her desire to live as “Jack.” When P falls dizzyingly in love with Bess, a sex worker looking for freedom of her own, P begins to imagine a different life. Bess brings P into the London underworld where scamps and rogues clash with London’s newly established police force, queer subcultures thrive, and ominous threats of an oncoming plague abound. At last, P becomes Jack Sheppard, one of the most notorious—and most wanted—thieves in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn imaginative retelling of Brecht’s \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfessions of the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e blends high-spirited adventure, subversive history, and provocative wit to animate forgotten histories and the extraordinary characters hidden within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eConfessions of the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e is a riotous and transporting novel. It’s rich in the sound of another time, while thrillingly germane to our own. Jordy Rosenberg is a total original—part scamp, part genius—who has written a rollicking page-turner of a first novel. Hang on for the ride.”—Maggie Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Hot damn! Jordy Rosenberg is one of the finest new talents I’ve seen in many years, and \u003ci\u003eConfessions of the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly good debut novel. The book is rich with fact and well-invented fiction, bubbling with ideas that surprise and satisfy.”—Victor LaValle, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050495459568,"sku":"9780399592270","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780399592270_p0.jpg?v=1763699144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780399592270","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}