Den

‘Once I’ve taken his house from him, I will be entering through the front door.’

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 of the good life, 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:

‘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, this inventive new novel by Joe Evans introduces the reader to a side of London life that feels both instantly familiar and wondrously strange. A beautifully written, constantly surprising story about foxes (and humans).’ – Emily Midorikawa, author of A Tiny Speck of Black and then Nothing