| Description |
xiv, 329 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
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. Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth century thief. No one knows Jack's true story--his confessions have never been found. That is, until Dr. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox. Dated 1724, the manuscript tells the story of an orphan named P. 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. 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. At last, P becomes Jack Sheppard, one of the most notorious--and most wanted--thieves in history. An imaginative retelling of Brecht's Threepenny Opera, Confessions of the Fox blends high-spirited adventure, subversive history, and provocative wit to animate forgotten histories and the extraordinary characters hidden within |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-329) |
| Subject |
Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724 -- Fiction.
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Thieves -- Fiction.
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Transgender people -- Fiction.
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Archives -- Fiction.
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Socialism -- Fiction.
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Postcolonialism -- Fiction.
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Prison abolition movements -- Fiction.
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Trans men
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Partners of transgender people
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Transgender literature
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Queer literature
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Queer theory
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Critical race theory
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Transgender authors
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Transgender archives
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Transgender employment
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107114
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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History.
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Historical
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Reading nook.
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Erotic fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781786496232 |
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9781786496225 |
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