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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

Fox : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. - First edition. - 651 pages ; 25 cm

"Who is Francis Fox? A charming English teacher new to the idyllic Langhorne Academy, Fox beguiles many of his students, their parents, and his colleagues at the elite boarding school, while leaving others wondering where he came from and why his biography is so enigmatic. When two brothers discover Fox's car half-submerged in a pond in a local nature preserve and parts of an unidentified body strewn about the nearby woods, the entire community, including Detective Horace Zwender and his deputy, begins to ask disturbing questions about Francis Fox and who he might really be"--|cProvided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780593978085

LCCN: 2024053359

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English teachers--Fiction.
Child molesters--Fiction.
Pedophilia--Fiction.
Boarding schools--Fiction.
Police--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Missing persons--Investigation--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Jersey--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Psychological fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3565.A8 / F68 2025

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54