A war novel • Psychological novel

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)

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