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Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: 16
'Oyeyemi reveals a twinkling sense of humour ...A delight' Independent 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 ...Show more
Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
It's an ordinary afternoon in 1938 for the celebrated American novelist St John Fox, hard at work in the study of his suburban home until his long-absent muse wanders in. Mary Foxe (beautiful, British and 100% imaginary) is in a playfully combative mood. "You're a villain," she tells him. "A serial kill ...Show more
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
$32.87 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
Peaces is the story of Otto and Xavier Shin, a couple who embark on a mysterious train journey that takes them far beyond any destination they could have anticipated. As the carriages roll along they discover each is more curious and fascinating than the last, becoming embroiled in this strange train an ...Show more
The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
$37.95 NZD
Category: Miscellaneous | Reading Level: very good
A twenty-first-century gothic thriller steeped in Nigerian folklore, told from the viewpoint of an eight-year-old girl with a touch of genius; a heroine in the vein of Mark Haddon's Christopher.'Stop looking to belong, half-and-half child. Stop. There is nothing, there is only me, and I have caught you. ...Show more
The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Maja Carmen Carrera, the daughter of a black Cuban couple, was only five years old when the family emigrated from the Caribbean to London, leaving her with one complete memory: a woman singing eerily at the farewell party while little Maja and an older girl peered out from beneath a table. Now, almost t ...Show more
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