Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox.ĭated 1724, the manuscript tells the story of an orphan named P. No one knows Jack's true story-his confessions have never been found. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth century thief. Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. a bold first novel.Set 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. “An ambitious work of metafiction, a sexy queer love story. a bold first novel.” - Entertainment Weekly one of the most trenchant calls for progressive action that I have read in a very long time.” - The New York Times Book Review a running footnote hall of mirrors to rival Borges. Read it.” -Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award finalist for Her Body and Other Parties It should be in the personal canon of every queer and non-cis person. I want to run through the streets screaming about it. Reading it was like an out-of-body experience. “ Confessions of the Fox is so goddamned good. an action-adventure tale with postmodern flourishes an academic comedy spliced with period erotica an intimate meditation on belonging.” -Katy Waldman, The New Yorker “A cunning metafiction of vulpine versatility. Writing with the narrative mastery of Sarah Waters and the playful imagination of Nabokov, Jordy Rosenberg is an audacious storyteller of extraordinary talent.

Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess’s tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined-and only a miracle will save them all. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript-a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess’s adventures.

Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Yet no one knows the true story their confessions have never been found. Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London.

“A dazzling tale of queer romance and resistance.”- Time.

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker a joyous mash-up of literary genres shot through with queer theory and awash in sex, crime, and revolution.” A New York Times Editors’ Choice: “A mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid, eighteenth century London.

Confessions of the fox a novel