Den

**'From its original premise to the wonderful writing, Den is one of those novels you can't look away from' JENNIE GODFREY **'An eerie, hypnotic fable that captures the profound longing that unites us all' WIZ WHARTON In a garden somewhere in London, Fox is watching a man called Ben through his kitchen doors. What Ben has, Fox wants. Bi-folds. Crockery. Taps. A loving family, and a warm bed to sleep in at night. Fox believes Ben to be careless of his riches - he's a distant father, a disinterested partner. Ben doesn't even notice when Fox begins stealing pieces of his life - the odd shoe, a colourful sock, various bits of cutlery. And now he's had a taste, Fox wants more: to take over the entire house, and Ben's life with it. Voyeuristic and haunting, Den is a strikingly original fever-dream of a novel about what it means to make - and keep - a life, perfect for fans of Fruit Fly and The Lamb. ----------- PRAISE FOR DEN: 'Wonderfully strange and acutely observed. One of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time.' - Julia Raeside 'It's impossible to ignore this strange and beautiful book. An eerie, hypnotic fable that captures the profound longing that unites us all.' - Wiz Wharton, author of Ghost Girl, Banana 'Both entirely familiar and utterly disorientating. I loved it.' - Holly Walsh, co-creator of Motherland and Amandaland 'At once elegiac and elegant, spiky and tender, surreal and painfully familiar, Den is a moving meditation on the lives we choose and the selves we can't escape from.' - Krystelle Bamford, author of Idle Grounds 'Stunning, surreal, raw: Den is a tender, darkly comic story of grief, family and our basic need for shelter.' - Genevieve Marenghi, author of No Oil Painting 'Tender, humorous and heartbreaking . . . A beautifully written, constantly surprising story about foxes (and humans).' - Emily Midorikawa, author of A Tiny Speck of Black and then Nothing