{"product_id":"the-fox-in-the-attic-paperback","title":"The Fox in the Attic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of enormous suspense and growing horror, \u003ci\u003eThe Fox in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e is the widely acclaimed first part of Richard Hughes's monumental historical fiction, \"The Human Predicament.\" Set in the early 1920s, the book centers on Augustine, a young man from an aristocratic Welsh family who has come of age in the aftermath of World War I. Unjustly suspected of having had a hand in the murder of a young girl, Augustine takes refuge in the remote castle of Bavarian relatives. There his hopeless love for his devout cousin Mitzi blinds him to the hate that will lead to the rise of German fascism. The book reaches a climax with a brilliant description of the Munich putsch and a disturbingly intimate portrait of Adolph Hitler. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fox in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, like its no less remarkable sequel \u003ci\u003eThe Wooden Shepherdess\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a richly detailed, Tolstoyan overview of the modern world in upheaval. At once a novel of ideas and an exploration of the dark spaces of the heart, it is a book in which the past returns in all its original uncertainty and strangeness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Hughes (1900-1976) was born in Surrey, England, but his ancestors came from Wales and he considered himself a Welshman. After an early childhood marked by the deaths of two older siblings and his father (his mother then went to work as a magazine journalist), Hughes attended boarding school and, with every expectation of being sent to fight in the First World War, enrolled in the military. Armistice was declared, however, before he could see active service, and Hughes was free to go to Oxford, where he became a star on the university literary scene, with a book of poems in print and a play produced in the West End by the time he graduated in 1922. Hughes's first novel, \u003ci\u003eA High Wind in Jamaica\u003c\/i\u003e, came out in 1928 and was a best seller in the United Kingdom and America. \u003ci\u003eIn Hazard\u003c\/i\u003e followed ten years later. Hughes also wrote stories for children and radio plays, but his final major undertaking was the \"The Human Predicament\", an ambitious amalgamation of fact and fiction that would track the German and English branches of a single family into the disaster of the Second World War while offering a dramatic depiction of Hitler's rise to power. The work was planned as a trilogy, but remained incomplete at the time of Hughes's death. The first volume, \u003ci\u003eThe Fox in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1960, to great critical acclaim; volume two, \u003ci\u003eThe Wooden Shepherdess\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1973. All of Hughes's completed novels are available fromNYRB Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilary Mantel is the author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eBeyond Black\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.99 x 4.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702223441983,"sku":"9780940322295","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/90d1b9906a4f5c74ba5373bffea29025.webp?v=1765023621","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-fox-in-the-attic-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}