Foe: A Novel“Foe is a tale of implacably mounting peril that feels all the more terrifying for being told in such a quiet, elegantly stripped-down voice. Iain Reid knows how to do ‘ominous’ as well as anyone I’ve ever read.” —Scott Smith, author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan A taut, psychological mind-bender from the bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things. We don’t get visitors. Not out here. We never have. In Iain Reid’s second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near-future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with alarming news: Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm...very far away. The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Henrietta won’t have a chance to miss him, because she won't be left alone—not even for a moment. Henrietta will have company. Familiar company. Told in Reid’s sharp and evocative style, Foe examines the nature of domestic relationships, self-determination, and what it means to be (or not to be) a person. An eerily entrancing page-turner, it churns with unease and suspense from the first words to its shocking finale. |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 32 |
Section 3 | 36 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 50 |
Section 6 | 59 |
Section 7 | 77 |
Section 8 | 95 |
Section 18 | 186 |
Section 19 | 187 |
Section 20 | 189 |
Section 21 | 203 |
Section 22 | 207 |
Section 23 | 211 |
Section 24 | 225 |
Section 25 | 233 |
Section 9 | 108 |
Section 10 | 149 |
Section 11 | 157 |
Section 12 | 165 |
Section 13 | 169 |
Section 14 | 171 |
Section 15 | 180 |
Section 16 | 182 |
Section 17 | 183 |
Section 26 | 242 |
Section 27 | 248 |
Section 28 | 252 |
Section 29 | 254 |
Section 30 | 261 |
Section 31 | 265 |
Section 32 | 267 |
Section 33 | 271 |
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