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Your support makes all the difference.Oyeyemi's fourth and boldest novel thus far is also her most beguiling and accomplished. Her coming-of-age stories have revelled in Gothic and fantastic elements. Now, the world of fable takes centre-stage in an Art Deco design.
In 1938, Mary Foxe, the muse, leading lady and chief invention of writer St John Fox, plans at last to get even with her creator, who has a sadistic penchant for killing off his heroines.
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