Queer Book Club - Confessions of the Fox a Novel by Jordy Rosenberg

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We had a great time Wednesday at Commonwealth eating doughnuts and talking about different universes and for may we chose to read Confessions of the Fox a
Novel by Jordy Rosenberg

Our eighth meetup will be held on Wednesday June 14th at 7pm at Commonwealth in Park Slope BK

This month we will be reading Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg**

Set in the eighteenth century London underworld, this bawdy, genre-bending novel reimagines the life of thief and jailbreaker Jack Sheppard to tell a profound story about gender, love, and liberation.

Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth century thief. No one knows Jack’s true story—his confessions have never been found. That is, until Dr. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox.

Dated 1724, the manuscript tells the story of an orphan named P. Sold into servitude at twelve, P struggles for years with her desire to live as “Jack.” When P falls dizzyingly in love with Bess, a sex worker looking for freedom of her own, P begins to imagine a different life. Bess brings P into the London underworld where scamps and rogues clash with London’s newly established police force, queer subcultures thrive, and ominous threats of an oncoming plague abound. At last, P becomes Jack Sheppard, one of the most notorious—and most wanted—thieves in history.

Back in the present, Dr. Voth works feverishly day and night to authenticate the manuscript. But he’s not the only one who wants Jack’s story—and some people will do whatever it takes to get it. As both Jack and Voth are drawn into corruption and conspiracy, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined—and only a miracle will save them both.

**At the end of the discussion we can vote on which book we read for next month so bring a queer suggestion.

Make sure to support our amazing host bar, Commonwealth by buying drinks! They are so lovely to support us so we must do our part in return!

We are a lovely accepting group of queers and allies, and all are welcome!

Some other queer book recommendations that were spoken about last meeting were…

-The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
Book by Hugh Ryan

-Boy, Snow, Bird
Novel by Helen Oyeyemi

-Milk fed
Book by Melissa Broder

-Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Novel by Malinda Lo

-Insomniac City
Book by Bill Hayes

-The price of salt
Novel by Patricia Highsmith

-Any book by KJ Charles

-I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov