Geoffrey Edmund Fox's Books
Aug.27.2012
Includes a new (2012) foreword and two additional stories in a collection described thus by The New York Times Book Review, Sunday, November 20, 1988:“This frequently powerful collection of short stories enters Latin America as if through the rickety back door of a burlesque house: "Goo'mornin', all you wonnerful people," begins the title story as a tour guide leads his Anglo...
Oct.11.2010
In 1402, the Christian city of Constantinople is under attack by a Muslim army. With surrender in the wind, the spoils are to be the key to the city and the 14-year-old Princess Theodota. In the twists and turns of historical fact, Geoffrey Fox delivers A Gift for the Sultan, a dramatic, fact-based novel that probes the cultural and religious life of the early 15th century and...
May.03.1996
Presents the diverse histories of Spanish-speaking minorities in the U.S., including Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Cubans and the many others, and analyzes the processes drawing people from over 20 different Spanish-speaking countries to coalesce as a single, though diverse, ethnic group. Includes chapters on the role of Spanish-language mass media in the U.S., especially television; on...
May.03.1991
"This expansive overview of the history, economy, culture, politics, and geographic features of this progressive, oil-rich nation... is a fine introduction" [to Venezuela]. Voice of Youth Advocates
"Geography, cultural life, and pre- and post-independence history are all presented clearly and intelligently. Simón...
May.03.1990
"In this objective, accurate, readable and well-researched book, one will find information on the history and geography, the economic and political systems, the flora and fauna, the culture, and the natural resources. ... The reader comes away from the book with a flavor of the 'silvery land,' its speech, its cowboys...
Jun.06.1988
The New York Times Book Review, Sunday, November 20, 1988
¡WELCOME TO MY CONTRI! By Geoffrey FoxThis frequently powerful collection of short stories enters Latin America as if through the rickety back door of a burlesque house: "Goo'mornin', all you wonnerful people," begins the title story as a tour guide leads his Anglo flock through the imaginary splendors of a city...
He was like a man who had served a term in prison or had been to Harvard College or had lived for a long time with foreigners in South America.”
—Carson McCullers on Jake Blount, in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
About Geoffrey
After graduating from Harvard, I worked in Venezuela and other Latin American countries, finally getting a Ph.D. in sociology (Northwestern U.) and teaching and writing on Latin American themes. I began writing fiction later, including a book of short stories...
Connections
Causes Geoffrey Fox Supports
Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières