confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg

As both Jack and Voth are drawn into corruption and conspiracy, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined-and only a miracle will save them both. But he’s not the only one who wants Jack’s story-and some people will do whatever it takes to get it. Voth works feverishly day and night to authenticate the manuscript. At last, P becomes Jack Sheppard, one of the most notorious-and most wanted-thieves in history.īack in the present, Dr. Bess brings P into the London underworld where scamps and rogues clash with London’s newly established police force, queer subcultures thrive, and ominous threats of an oncoming plague abound. Sold into servitude at twelve, P struggles for years with her desire to live as “Jack.” When P falls dizzyingly in love with Bess, a sex worker looking for freedom of her own, P begins to imagine a different life. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox.ĭated 1724, the manuscript tells the story of an orphan named P. No one knows Jack’s true story-his confessions have never been found. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth century thief. Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Set in the eighteenth century London underworld, this bawdy, genre-bending novel reimagines the life of thief and jailbreaker Jack Sheppard to tell a profound story about gender, love, and liberation.

This month we will be reading Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg** Our eighth meetup will be held on Wednesday June 14th at 7pm at Commonwealth in Park Slope BK We read books about, for and written by queer people! Follow us on Instagram had a great time Wednesday at Commonwealth eating doughnuts and talking about different universes and for may we chose to read Confessions of the Fox a

Confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg