This magnificent work of fiction is deeply honest\, at times electrically funny\, and is a book that goes to the hea rt of racism\, police violence\, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black A mericans and America as a whole.
\nIn \;Hell of a Book\ , a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives \;Hell of a Book&nb sp\;and is the scaffolding of something much larger and more urgent: Mott& rsquo\;s novel also tells the story of Soot\, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past\, and The Kid\, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour.
\nAs these characters&rsquo\ ; stories build and converge\, they astonish. While this heartbreaking and magical book entertains and is at once about family\, love of parents and children\, art and money\, it&rsquo\;s also about the nation&rsquo\;s rec koning with a tragic police shooting playing over and over again on the ne ws. And with what it can mean to be Black in America.
\nUnforgettabl y told\, with an electrifying plot and characters who burn into your mind\ , \;Hell of a Book \;is the novel Mott has been writing i n his head for the last ten years. And in its final twists\, it truly beco mes its title. Register now!
\nAbout the Author: \;Jason Mott is the author of two poetry collections and four novels. His first novel\,&n bsp\;The Returned\, was adapted for television and aired on ABC u nder the title "Resurrection." Since then\, his novels that followed have received various accolades and acclaim. His most recent novel\, \; Hell of a Book\, won the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction Winner\ , was a Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee\, and the winner o f the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. He lives in hermitude in South eastern North Carolina.
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