{"product_id":"9781471177989-foe","title":"Foe","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003cb\u003etaut, philosophical, haunting \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epuzzle\u003c\/b\u003e of a novel by the acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI’m Thinking of Ending Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou think you know everything about your life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntil everything you think you know collapses.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho can you trust if you can't even trust yourself?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e  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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** Praise for FOE ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘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\u003cbr\u003e '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  \u003cbr\u003e ‘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  \u003cbr\u003e ‘\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\u003cbr\u003e ‘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\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39320059740257,"sku":"9781471177989","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31829894.jpg?v=1734624206","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471177989-foe","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}