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|title=Fox
|author=Anthony Gardner
|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=Thrillers
|summary=Near future speculative thriller combining virus panic with mass surveillance and the rise of China. Plot-focused and with a massive cast, it has twists and turns to suit every thriller fan. And it's serious in its depiction of the downtrodden individual against the erosion of hard-won civil liberties. Anthony Gardner popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Anthony Gardner|chat to us]].
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|isbn=978-0993368042
|website=http://anthonygardner.co.uk/
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Mostly, it's about the syringe! I hope this will do you!
''Fox'' is nicely written. It reads like any good-hearted, enthusiastic conspiracy thriller and it drops as many twists and turns and narrow escapes as any fan of the genre could wish for. It has a massive cast, which includes a good mix of the accidentally heroic, the actually heroic, the dastardly and the plain eccentric. My personal favourite was the beautifully-named Jennifer Pettifer, whose admiration for the horrible Prime Ministers Minister was entirely misplace misplaced and profoundly disturbing, yet hilarious.
But underneath the derring-do there are some real points made about the powerlessness of the individual in the face of technological advances and increasing mass surveillance, and also about the tension between mass panic and the possibility of an incurable virus decimating the human population. Gardner doesn't really give us any answers - are there any answers? - but he does give us a lot to think about.
You can read more about Anthony Gardner [[:Category:Anthony Gardner|here]]
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