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Mott, Jason.
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Authors, Black -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Fictitious characters -- Fiction.
Book industries and trade -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Police brutality -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
National Book Awards.
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Mott, Jason.
Authors, Black -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Fictitious characters -- Fiction.
Book industries and trade -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Police brutality -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
National Book Awards.
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Hell
of a
book
: or the altogether factual, Wholly Bona Fide story of a big dreams, hard luck, American-Made Mad Kid / Jason Mott.
by
Mott, Jason.
Random House Large Print, 2021.
Call #:
LP FICTION MOT
Subjects
Authors, Black -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Fictitious characters -- Fiction.
Book
industries and trade -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Police brutality -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
National
Book
Awards.
ISBN:
9780593414279 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
Hell
of a
book
Edition:
1st large print ed.
Description:
385 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"An astounding work of fiction from a New York Times bestselling author, both incredibly funny and honest, that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans, and America as a whole. In
Hell
of a
Book
, an African-American author sets out on a cross-country
book
tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Jason Mott's novel and is the scaffolding of something much larger and more urgent: since his 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. Throughout, these characters' stories build and build and as they converge, they astonish. For while this heartbreaking and magical
book
entertains and is at once about family, love of parents and children, art, and money, there always is the tragic story of a police shooting playing over and over on the news. Who has been killed? Who is The Kid? Will the author finish his
book
tour, and what kind of world will he leave behind? Unforgettably powerful, an electrifying high-wire act, ideal for
book
clubs, and the
book
Mott says he has been writing in his head for ten years,
Hell
of a
Book
in its final twists truly becomes its title."--Publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the National
Book
Award for Fiction, 2021.
Genre:
Black fiction.
Literary fiction.
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0
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Due Date
Central Library
Adult Large Print Fiction
LP FICTION MOT
Adult Trade Paperback Books
Checked out
Jul 26, 2024
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Adult Large Print Fiction
LP FICTION MOT
Adult Trade Paperback Books
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