Foxhunt

by Luke Francis Beirne MA

1949: Milne Lowell, a Canadian writer, moves to London to edit a magazine dedicated to cultural freedom. His colleagues include Marguerite Allard, a French-Canadian anarchist, Eric Felmore, an American novelist, and Carson Ward, a British poet.

Initially, the group is enthusiastic about the championship of freedom; however, uncertainty grows as unsettling encounters begin to unfold and the peripheral violence of the Cold War closes in.

Foxhunt is an atmospheric exploration of passivity, loyalty, and literature in times of political upheaval. Firmly entrenched in the literary milieu of the era, it carries the reader through shell-shocked streets with suspense and intrigue.

Genres: Fiction

280 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2022

Reviews

[Saint · Rating 5 out of 5]

pulsing and patient and damn good

[Madeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written with captivating precision! Perfectly balances realism with noir, secrecy, and fascinating nuance.

[Wendy MacKnight · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book for a first time author! Beirne brings to life a different time and place and populates it with unforgettable characters, more red herrings than you can shake a stick at. Beautifully executed! Can’t wait for the next book!

[Sandra Bunting · Rating 4 out of 5]

Compelling

[Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am three quarters of the way through and nothing has happened. A lot of description of the sound of foot steps.

[Caroline Weber · Rating 1 out of 5]

Stulted writing, lacks flow. The characters never actually come to life. I think he would havebeen better off to try something closer to historical fiction. This is all "almosphere".

The proofreading is excellent, but the editing is crap. He has monkshood flowering in the spring (it flowers at the end of the summer), and even if you are in Columbia, if you leave a bar in the evening, the sun is not "beginning to fall behind buildings" after you have walked back to your hotel (p. 167); and what is a black bird doing up at night - at the end of a party? (p. 156)

[Spencer Gorham · Rating 5 out of 5]

A taut thriller that ratchets itself tighter and tighter through interesting, believable characters and a thick, luscious atmosphere.

[Ron McGuire · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found it slow, not sure what was happening and why, and then in the end not sure what happened.