The Fox in the Attic

The Fox in the Attic

Richard Hughes

The Fox in the Attic, written by Welsh writer Richard Hughes and published in 1961, is the first part of the unfinished novel The Human Predicament.

The novel opens in 1923. The protagonist, a young Welsh aristocrat named Augustine Penry-Herbert, discovers the body of a young girl and is incorrectly suspected of having something to do with her accidental death. Augustine decides to leave England and visit distant relations in Germany. He falls in love with his cousin Mitzi amidst the rise of Nazism, including the Munich Putsch. At the end of the novel, Mitzi, who has lost her sight, enters a convent and Augustine returns to England.

Dimensions
18 x 11 cm
Pages
331
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd, London
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: English.

One copy is available

Condition:Used, good condition (visible signs of use)
Damages or inconvenience notice:
  • Yellowed pages
  • Slight damage to the pages
  • A message of a personal nature
 

Are you interested in another book? You can search the offer using our search engine or browse books by category.

You may also be interested in these titles

Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi

Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi

Ante Tomić

This witty prose from the JNA, with a series of characters that will make us laugh out loud, plastically outlines the rawness, but also the small pleasures that more capable soldiers could experience in the most boring year of their lives.

Fraktura, 2003.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.98
Raskrižje

Raskrižje

Fate Velaj
Alfa, 2018.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
14.8811.90
Kira Georgijevna

Kira Georgijevna

Viktor Nekrasov

The novella was published for the first time in 1961 in the magazine Novij mir and aroused anger among critics, pointing out that it is only "about the narrow, intimate experiences of the heroine".

Svjetlost, 1963.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.38
Maigret u baru "Picratt"

Maigret u baru "Picratt"

George Simenon

A tipsy cabaret dancer from the Picratt nightclub entered the police station and excitedly announced that she had heard two men at the next table in the bar conspire to kill a countess, an unknown countess.

Matica hrvatska, 1966.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.98
Slom

Slom

Émile Zola

"Breakdown" is a powerful and emotional depiction of war events, but at the same time a deep reflection on human destiny and collective experience.

Matica srpska, 1986.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.82
Živ čovek

Živ čovek

Maksimov Vladimir
Izdavački zavod Jugoslavija, 1967.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback with dust jacket.
5.99