Hell of a Book

Zusatztext Praise for Hell of a Book “It is a story of love and family. It is powerful…poignant and beautiful and what makes me so excited is I cannot wait to be part of these conversations…It’s a story of race, family, love, and justice. It’s original and Jason Mott is a talent.” —Jenna Bush Hager, “Read with Jenna” “ Hell of a Book more than lives up to its title. Playful, searching, raw, and necessary, this writing, this voice, this novel twisted me up and turned me inside out, dazzled me, surprised me and moved me.”— Charles Yu, author of the National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown “What a powerful, timely, and provocative novel. Jason's ability to take on deeply important themes with both poignancy and humor makes for an extraordinary emotional rollercoaster of a read, and I tore through this profoundly moving novel in a day but have been thinking about it ever since. Thank you, Jason Mott, for sharing this story with the world.”— Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice “ Hell of a Book teetertotters real life and fiction in a dizzying yet dazzling exploration of exploration itself. Jason Mott brings much of what he's known for and a lot of what we do not expect to this inventive offering.” —Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America “At turns hilarious and moving, thoughtful and madcap, Hell of a Book manages simultaneously to address momentous issues and ask pressing questions, while somehow remaining light on its feet, which is a hell of an accomplishment.” — Jonathan Evison , bestselling author of West of Here and Small World “Mott’s unflinching meditation on racism, violence, and navigating life as a Black man in America is a surreal and searing triumph.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers (starred review) “Hell of a Book is a masterwork of balance, as Mott navigates the two narratives and their delicate tonal distinctions. A surrealist feast of imagination that’s brimming with very real horrors, frustrations, and sorrows, it can break your heart and make you laugh out loud at the same time, often on the same page. This is an achievement of American fiction that rises to meet this particular moment with charm, wisdom, and truth.” —BookPage (starred review) “Stunning…Mott’s poetic, cinematic novel tackles what it means to live in a country where Black people perpetually ‘live lives under the hanging sword of fear.’” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A singular writer who refused to be boxed in and proves it again with yes, a hell of a book.” —CBS Saturday Morning “Maddening, disorienting, and illuminating.” — Booklist “A story that is at once a paean to familial love and friendship and a reckoning with racism and police violence. By turns playful and surprising and intimate, a moving meditation on being Black in America.” —Kirkus “Alternates between the perspective of a Black author on a book tour across the United States and a young Black boy living in the rural South, until their perspectives merge in surprising ways.” — The New York Times Book Review 's “Also Out Now” “Hell of a Book is a love story, even if it’s about a love that led to grief. Our narrator’s heartbreak is what causes him to see the world through a broken lens, to the point that plot-oriented readers may find themselves frustrated. But the beauty of the novel is in the cracks that distort the plot. His conversations with The Kid ...

Product details

• Authors: Jason Mott
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.06.2022
• EAN: 9780593330982
• ISBN: 978-0-593-33098-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 209 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature