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\nNew York Times \;bestselling author Jason Mott talks about his recent novel\, Hell of a Book. This magnificent work of fiction is deeply honest\, at times electrically funny\, and is a book that goes to the heart of racism\, police violence\, and the hidden c osts exacted on Black Americans and America as a whole.
\nIn \;< em>Hell of a Book\, a Black author sets out on a cross-country public ity 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 you ng Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past\, and The Kid\, a p ossibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour.
\nA h eartbreaking and magical book about family\, art\, money and America's rec urring and tragic police violence that impacts what it means to be Black i n America.
\nUnforgettably told\, with an electrifying plot and char acters who burn into your mind\, \;Hell of a Book \;is th e novel Mott has been writing for the last ten years and in its final twis ts\, it truly becomes its title.
\nJason Mott is the author of two poetry collections and four novels. His first no vel\, \;The Returned\, was adapted for television and aired o n ABC under the title "Resurrection." Since then\, his novels that followe d have received various accolades and acclaim. His most recent novel\,&nbs p\;Hell of a Book\, won the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction\ , 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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