You&rsquo\;re invited to join us as we tal
k to \;New York Times \;bestselling author Jason Mott abo
ut his recent novel \;Hell of a Book. This magnificent work o
f fiction is deeply honest\, at times electrically funny\, and is a book t
hat goes to the heart of racism\, police violence\, and the hidden costs e
xacted upon Black Americans and America as a whole.
In \;He
ll of a Book\, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publici
ty tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives \;Hell
of a Book \;and is the scaffolding of something much larger
and more urgent: Mott&rsquo\;s novel also tells the story of Soot\, a youn
g Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past\, and The Kid\, a po
ssibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour.
A
s these characters&rsquo\; stories build and converge\, they astonish. Whi
le this heartbreaking and magical book entertains and is at once about fam
ily\, love of parents and children\, art and money\, it&rsquo\;s also abou
t the nation&rsquo\;s reckoning with a tragic police shooting playing over
and over again on the news. And with what it can mean to be Black in Amer
ica.
Unforgettably told\, with an electrifying plot and charact
ers who burn into your mind\, \;Hell of a Book \;is the n
ovel Mott has been writing in his head for the last ten years. And in its
final twists\, it truly becomes its title. Register now!
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