You&rsquo\;re invited to join us as we tal k to \;New York Times \;bestselling author Jason Mott about his re cent novel \;Hell of a Book. This magnificent work of fiction is deepl y honest\, at times electrically funny\, and is a book that goes to the he art of racism\, police violence\, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans and America as a whole.
\nIn \;Hell of a Book\, a Blac k author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestsel ling novel. That storyline drives \;Hell of a Book \;and is the sc affolding of something much larger and more urgent: Mott&rsquo\;s novel al so tells the story of Soot\, a young Black boy living in a rural town in t he recent past\, and The Kid\, a possibly imaginary child who appears to t he author on his tour.
\nAs these characters&rsquo\; stories build a nd converge\, they astonish. While this heartbreaking and magical book ent ertains and is at once about family\, love of parents and children\, art a nd money\, it&rsquo\;s also about the nation&rsquo\;s reckoning with a tra gic police shooting playing over and over again on the news. And with what it can mean to be Black in America.
\nUnforgettably told\, with an electrifying plot and characters who burn into your mind\, \;Hell of a Book \;is the novel Mott has been writing in his head for the last te n years. And in its final twists\, it truly becomes its title. Register no w!
\nAbout the Author: \;Jason Mott is the author of two poetry collections and four novels. His first novel\, \;The Returned\, was ad apted for television and aired on ABC under the title "Resurrection." Sinc e then\, his novels that followed have received various accolades and accl aim. His most recent novel\, \;Hell of a Book\, won the Sir Walter Ral eigh Award for Fiction Winner\, was a Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longl ist nominee\, and the winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. He lives in hermitude in Southeastern North Carolina.
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