Review of THE VIXEN
Smart, skilled and confirmation that Prose is good ...
Reading The Vixen after Prose’s Blue Angel was great fun. As mentioned in that book’s response, she is such a good writer with an almost effortless set of skills, writing books that matter – how fun and elusive. They fly by - though they might have benefitted from an editor. The Vixen produces at least two false endings but still holds its own. As evidenced by these two novels, Francine Prose has a rare ability to create realistic male protagonists. She can take them apart, almost satirize them but with a sense of humor, an accuracy and a sincere empathy that is not just credible but rare in this day and age. A good beach or plane read, maybe a bit more substantive than either, it is an easy book to recommend – which I do wholeheartedly.
THE VIXEN
Francine Prose
302 pages 2021