Confessions of the Fox

Description:

Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. Yet no one knows the true story; their confessions have never been found. Until now. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript—a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess’s adventures. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess’s tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined—and only a miracle will save them all. Writing with the narrative mastery of Sarah Waters and the playful imagination of Nabokov, Jordy Rosenberg is an audacious storyteller of extraordinary talent.

subjects: Fiction,  Thieves,  Transgender people,  History,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, historical, general,  London (england), fiction,  LGBTQ historical fiction,  LGBTQ gender identity,  Literary,  Historical,  General,  LGBT,  Transgender,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / Historical,  collection:leslie_feinberg_award=finalist

People: Jack Sheppard (1702-1724)

Places: London (England)

Times: 18th century