The Fox

I devoured The Fox! Such a clever but human story of two lives colliding. My heart wouldn't stop thumping -- SARA COX
A real literary page turner, a rare book, it's absolutely amazing -- DONAL RYAN
God, I love the way Annie writes. I could swim in her words all day. The Fox is such a clever book, so insightful on motherhood, and grief, and longing, and the way that secrets keep us all going sometimes. A wily love story and a deeply complex exploration of friendship and that eternal hunger and thirst for true connection. Stunning -- EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
A beautiful and intelligent novel, full of compassion, and alive to the moral and emotional complexities of love, longing and deception. Annie Macmanus writes with clarity and elegance, and creates characters who are impossible not to care about -- OISÍN McKENNA
The Fox is a compelling, unforgettable and deeply original novel. A profound meditation on grief, loneliness, and the enduring human need for connection . . . beautiful, tender, mysterious and a sharply observed portrayal of midlife, full of intrigue and with the irresistible pace of a page-turner -- ELAINE FEENEY
A very 21st-century story of love and obsession -- SAM BAKER
A singular voice in contemporary Irish literature. A literary tour-de-force, The Fox illuminates a particular pulse in the zeitgeist with deep empathy and powerful intellect. It is that rare thing - a novel of great literary dexterity and profundity that is also commands deeply compulsive reading. MacManus carries the tradition of great Irish women writers into the future with stylish storytelling instincts that set this novel apart. Destined to be one of the books of the year -- HELEN CULLEN
An excellent idea for a novel . . . I was fascinated to read the knotty, horrifying situation play out in all its revealing mess. It's Annie's best book yet, filled with subtle insight and an unprejudiced understanding. It's a delicious book to spend an intense weekend with -- AMY LIPTROT
Annie Macmanus can write. The Fox is a beautifully natural but offbeat story of love and betrayal. Strangely tense and serene all at once -- MATT HAIG
In The Fox, Macmanus's strengths are plain to see; this is powerful writing with psychologically complex characters. She plots so skilfully and subverts and upends our expectations of what a modern day love story might look like -- MONA ARSHI