Hell of a book : a novel
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Published
[New York] : Dutton, [2021].
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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Los Osos Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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1 available
Morro Bay Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | Checked Out | May 3, 2024 |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | On Shelf | |
Los Osos Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | On Shelf | |
Morro Bay Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | On Shelf |
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Published
[New York] : Dutton, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Description
In Jason Mott's 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 and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott'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. As these characters' stories build and build and 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, it's also about the nation'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 America. 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 told, with characters who burn into your mind and an electrifying plot ideal for book club discussion, Hell of a Book is the novel Mott has been writing in his head for the last ten years. And in its final twists it truly becomes its title.
Awards
National Book Award, Fiction, 2021.
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