Mr Fox

Helen Oyeyemi

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Picador
16 September 2025

Fiction & Literature; Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction

Series: Picador Collection

'Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heartwarming and spine-chilling' - The Guardian

Mr Fox, by award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, is a beautiful and immersive exploration of the labyrinthine world of imagination, storytelling and love.

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 with her. But he also made her up.

Will Mr Fox meet his muse's challenge, to stop murdering his heroines and explore something of love? What will his wife Daphne think of this sudden change in her husband? Can there be a happy ending - this time?

'Oyeyemi reveals a twinkling sense of humour . . . A delight' - The Independent

By: Helen Oyeyemi
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 206g
ISBN: 9781035063758
ISBN 10: 1035063751
Series: Picador Collection
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 16 September 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching, Mr Fox and the short story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours. Helen has been included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and is the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award.

Reviews for Mr Fox

Oyeyemi’s characters almost dance on their pages. This is her best, most beautiful novel yet. * Independent on Sunday * Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heart-warming and spine-chilling. * Guardian * Funny and fresh, piercingly astute. * Daily Telegraph * Not just vibrantly imaginative but filled with wit and wisdom. Her best book so far. * Metro * A love story like no other: ‘so vivid and inventive, its pages almost glow. -- Sarah Waters, author of <i>The Paying Guests</i>