She says she regrets him having being shutdown. @BookItBlog. Reid, however, brilliantly executes his vision… With “I couldn’t put it down.
One day, a stranger from the city arrives with alarming news: Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm…very far away. We never have. I can’t stop thinking about it.” – Amy Stuart, author of the #1 bestseller Still Mine and Still Water “Spare, consuming, unforgettable.
Readers won’t be able to put this one down.”“Reid is at it again, exploiting readers with plot twists, narrative unease, and explosive conclusions in his second novel… [he] has the rare ability to make readers both uncomfortable and engaged, and this drama will surely send them back to the beginning pages to track the clues he left to the surprise ending.”“Such an ambitious work risks being muddied. I sped through this one. The details are left deliberately vague, which adds to the unease. Reid said in an interview that the theme of isolation in Reid said his desire to write about space came from his brother, who works in the space industry. Audience Adult Summary "We don't get visitors.
They live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. Then, as Terrance insinuates himself deeper into their lives they drift even further apart, while paradoxically the bond between them grows stronger. “We don’t get visitors.
In the text, Hen's dialogue now has no quote marks.
Fans of Iain Reid’s first novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things already want this book. 7m+ Feedbacks Be the first to write a review . Junior agrees, adding, "things are finally getting back to normal".
Terrance also spends time interviewing Hen, which angers Junior. ; Suspense fiction. Henrietta will have company. A mind-bending and genre-defying work of genius.”This guy turns up, unexpectedly, in his car and head lights beaming, Terrance, a Representative of OuterMore, an organization with branches in the government and work with aerospace, exploration and development.He is offering the golden ticket out to an Installation, a fortunate conscription to a development in a future space life, it seems there is no turning this offer down.Told with some great dialogue all in set out in a small farm home out in unknown canola fields with barn and chickens, in a future world with married couple and marriage dimensions in play of things incorporating one husband mill worker’s new fate.You just don’t want to leave the page, the narrative just wheels you along with suspense, and psychologically enthralling reading with disquieting first person narration.Timely writing in a world possibly steering towards technological takeover.The world has changed, more humane in some areas of farming, no more driving lorries and vehicles, driverless vehicles the norm, 3d printing and technologies have advanced, all this new world and advancement, friend or foe.We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Iain Reid’s philosophical sci-fi novel Foe tells the story of Junior and Henrietta, a married couple living on a farm in an undisclosed location sometime in the near future. In Iain Reid’s second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near-future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, … These are questions we’ve all had to face. A taut, psychological mind-bender from the bestselling author of In Iain Reid’s second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near-future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter! It infected my dreams.
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