HELL OF A BOOK Novel By Jason Mott -Paperback🆕

HELL OF A BOOK A Novel By JASON MOTT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE RETURNED It is a must-read for any fan of contemporary fiction. This paperback edition brings together the unique blend of suspense and drama that Mott is renowned for. With insightful characters and a compelling narrative, it's sure to keep readers engaged from start to finish. An astounding work of fiction from a New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott, always deeply honest, at times electrically funny, that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans, and America as a whole.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, an imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour.As these characters’ stories build and build and converge, they astonish. While this heartbreaking and magical book entertains and is at once about family, the 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. ISBN: 9780593330982 Publisher: Dutton Books Language: English Page Count: 319 Publication Date: 6/28/2022 Size: 8.11" l x 5.10" w x 0.83"  Series: N/A About the author Jason Mott lives in southeastern North Carolina. He has a BFA in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals. He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize award and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 "New Hollywood: Next Wave" people to watch. He is the author of two poetry collections: We Call This Thing Between Us Love and "...hide behind me..." The Returned is his first novel. The Returned has also been optioned by Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B, in association with Brillstein