Et cetera : What We're Reading-Fox

In the mood for a dark thriller?

I highly recommend 'Fox' by Joyce Carol Oates. Francis Fox is a teacher at an elite boarding school who has somehow evaded justice-grooming young teen girls while slipping from school to school under new names and identities. Now at his fourth institution, he remains unpunished and undetected.

This is the second book I've read recently that drags Nabokov's Humbert Humbert (Lolita) into the harsh light of day, exposing the real-life dangers behind the literary archetype. Oates unflinchingly explores how older male teachers can use poetry and literature as tools of manipulation, cloaking predation in the guise of love, wisdom, and intellectual mentorship. The vulnerability of young girls is laid bare in this chilling and timely read.

I agree with the Goodreads rating of 4.03-Fox is as haunting as it is necessary.

Check it out today, and happy reading, friends. ~Heather