Foxhunt
foxhunt
Baraka Books (2022)
“A remarkable first novel by a brilliant young writer.”
David Adams Richards
“A cold war thriller rather like early le Carré.” Tredynas Days
1949: Milne Lowell, a Canadian writer, moves to London from Montreal to edit a magazine dedicated to cultural freedom. His colleagues include Marguerite Allard, a French-Canadian anarchist, Eric Felmore, an American novelist, and Carson Ward, a British poet.
Initially, the group is enthusiastic about the championship of freedom; however, uncertainty grows as unsettling encounters begin to unfold and the peripheral violence of the Cold War closes in.
“An atmospheric dive into Cold War intrigue and romance and paranoia in the literary salons of postwar Europe. Spies and turncoats and secretive spin doctors move chess pieces while pushing cash and lies and clashing ideologies. With its beautifully lyrical prose, Foxhunt is an alchemic mix of realpolitik and shadowy noir.”
Mark Anthony Jarman
“A rich and thought-provoking novel.”
The Silhouette
“Wonderfully written... cerebral and well-placed”
“elegantly written… all too relevant in today’s divided and fractious world”
“Against a seamless historical and literary backdrop, Foxhunt balances compelling intrigue with vulnerable human emotions.”
“A great book… page-turning… I didn’t want to put it down and it’s telling a very very important story.”
- The Taylor Report
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Foxhunt / The Taylor Report
An author interview on The Taylor Report on CIUT.FM. Luke Beirne and Phil Taylor discuss Foxhunt, boxing, and the Cold War.
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Foxhunt / CBC Radio 'shift'
An author interview with Colleen Kitts-Goguen on CBC Radio, and a discussion of the book between Goguen and Vanessa Vander.
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Foxhunt / TMR Podcast
An author interview on The Miramichi Reader podcast. Luke Beirne and James Fisher discuss Foxhunt and ghostwriting to pay the bills.
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Foxhunt / CBC TNC
Wendy McLeod MacKnight recommends Foxhunt as one of her favorite historical fiction novels on CBC’s The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers.
About luke
Luke Francis Beirne was born in Ireland and currently lives in Saint John, New Brunswick.
His writing has appeared in outlets such as Honest Ulsterman, Hamilton Arts & Letters, and Counterpunch. He has also ghostwritten more than a dozen books. His first novel, Foxhunt was published in 2022. His second novel, Blacklion, was published in 2023.