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The Blue Fox

by Sjon
Daniel Pirrie
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The year is 1883. The stark Icelandic winter landscape is the backdrop. We follow the priest, Skugga-Baldur, on his hunt for the enigmatic blue fox. We're then transported to the world of the naturalist Friethrik B. Friethriksson and his charge, Abba, who suffers from Down's syndrome, and who came to his rescue when he was on the verge of disaster. Then to a shipwreck off the Icelandic coast in the spring of 1868. The fates of Friethrik, Abba and Baldur are intrinsically bound and unravelled in this spellbinding book that is part thriller, part fairy tale.

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  • Release date

    November 1, 2016

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      • File size: 70206 KB
      • Duration: 02:26:15

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 25, 2013
      This short novel begins like a fragmented poem as a hunter appears to be losing his grip on reality in the hopes of capturing an elusive blue fox in the snowy, secluded woods: “Now the man has a chance of lessening the gap between himself and the little fox”; “Then he did an about-turn and got on all fours, raising his right leg like a dog pissing on a tussock.” The story moves to the days before the hunt, with an eerie tale of a girl found in a ship’s hold, and then continues into her eventual legacy. The shifts in chronology—just before, just after—create tension, at once elucidating and perplexing. Agent: Trine Licht, Licht & Burr (Denmark).

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