'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid, the acclaimed author of Iâm Thinking of Ending Things
You think you know everything about your life.
Long-married couple Junior and Henrietta live a quiet, solitary life on their farm, where they work at the local feed mill and raise chickens. Their lives are simple, straightforward, uncomplicated.
Until everything you think you know collapses.
Until the day a stranger arrives at their door with alarming news: Junior has been chosen to take an extraordinary journey, a journey across both time and distance, while Hen remains at home. Junior will be gone for years. But Hen won't be left alone.
Who can you trust if you can't even trust yourself?
As the time for his departure draws nearer, Junior finds himself questioning everything about his life - even whether it's really his life at all.
An eerily entrancing page-turner, Foe churns with unease and suspense from the first words to its shocking finale. Perfect for fans of Humans, Westworld and Black Mirror, Foe is a book you will never forget.
*** Praise for FOE ***
âI couldnât put it down. It infected my dreams. A creepy and brilliant bookâ Zoe Whittall, author of The Best Kind of People
'The narrative is so eerie and disturbing⊠fuelling the readerâs unease; Reid pulls off a wonderful twist in the tailâ Guardian
âFrom the opening page, youâll have an uneasy feeling as you settle into Iain Reidâs brilliant new novel.. A masterful and breathtakingly unique read. I canât stop thinking about it â Amy Stuart, author of Still Mine and Still Water
âSpare, consuming, unforgettable. Foe is a dark arrow from a truly original mind. Page by eerie page, Iain Reid pulls the unknown world out from under you, and leaves you trapped inside a marriageâs most haunting question: can I be replaced? This is a book that seeps into your bloodstream â and crowns Iain Reid the king of deadpan, philosophical horrorâ Claudia Dey, author of Heartbreaker
âMovie producers are simply confirming what the literary community already knows: Iain Reid just might be the most exciting and excitingly unclassifiable author working in Canadian fiction todayâ - The Globe and Mail (Canada)
âFoe reads like a house on fire, and is almost impossible not to finish in one sitting...an otherworldly hothouse of introversion and fantasyâ â The Toronto Star
