Paula Fox

Paula Fox (1923—2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow’s Children, A Servant’s Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.

Paula Fox

Paula Fox (1923—2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow’s Children, A Servant’s Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.

Books by Paula Fox

  • Poor George: A Novel

    Paula Fox, Jonathan Lethem

    Paperback, 2001

    "The best first novel I've read in quite a long time…A merciless uncovering of the exurban wastelands of the spirit." —New York Review of Books
  • A Servant's Tale: A Novel

    Paula Fox, Melanie Rehak

    Paperback, 2001

    "A rare and wondrous thing....[Fox] knows how to create a character."—Vogue
  • The Western Coast: A Novel

    Paula Fox, Frederick Busch

    Paperback, 2001

    America and the catastrophic world of twentieth-century war, mass murder, and horror are the backdrop of this story of Annie Gianfala, a young woman who finds herself cast adrift in Hollywood with...
  • The God of Nightmares

    Paula Fox, Rosellen Brown

    Paperback, 2002

    "Vividly rendered…haunting…[Paula Fox] writes with silken ease and a sensitivity to nuance." —Newsday
  • News from the World: Stories & Essays

    Paula Fox

    Hardback, 2011

    A collection that traces the celebrated career of a grande dame of contemporary literature.
  • News from the World: Stories and Essays

    Paula Fox

    Paperback, 2012

    “Not only can Fox see, she can hear, she can feel.”—Zadie Smith, Harper’s
  • Desperate Characters

    Paula Fox, Jonathan Franzen

    Paperback, 2015

    One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels

    One of the New York Times' 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years

    "A towering landmark of postwar Realism…A sustained work of...

  • News from the World: Stories and Essays

    Paula Fox

    E Book, 2012

    “Not only can Fox see, she can hear, she can feel.”—Zadie Smith, Harper’s
  • A Servant's Tale: A Novel

    Paula Fox, Melanie Rehak

    E Book, 2011

    "A rare and wondrous thing....[Fox] knows how to create a character."—Vogue
  • The God of Nightmares

    Paula Fox, Rosellen Brown

    E Book, 2011

    "Vividly rendered…haunting…[Paula Fox] writes with silken ease and a sensitivity to nuance." —Newsday