The Fox in the Attic

The Fox in the Attic

"The Fox in the Attic" is a 1961 novel by Richard Hughes, who is best known for "A High Wind in Jamaica". It was intended as the first part of an uncompleted trilogy.

Plot summary

It is set shortly after the First World War. It opens in a small town in Wales, where the central character is wrongly suspected of being responsible for the death of a young girl. He decides to get away from it all by travelling to Germany, and becomes involved in some political events, including Hitler's attempted putsch in Munich.


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