Foe

In the early eighteenth century, a woman finds herself set adrift from a mutinous ship and cast ashore on a remote desert island. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso and his tongueless slave Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso's companion and, eventually, his lover. At last, they are rescued by a passing ship, but only she and Friday survive the journey back to London. Determined to have her story told, she pursues the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe in the hope that he will truthfully relate her memories to the world. But with Cruso dead, Friday incapable of speech and Foe himself intent on reshaping her narrative, Barton struggles to maintain her grip on the past, only to fall victim to the seduction and tyranny of storytelling itself. Treacherous, elegant and unexpectedly moving, "Foe" remains one of the most exquisitely composed of this pre-eminent author's works.

ISBN 0241950112   Pages 160 ISBN13 9780241950111 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 116 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Published in London Imprint Penguin Books Ltd   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 129 Publication date 26 Aug 2010   Spine width (mm) 9 DEWEY 823.914   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

A small miracle of a book...of marvellous intricacy and overwhelming power Washington Post A finely honed testament to its author's intelligence, imagination and skill The New York Times

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