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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.

Mott, Jason, (author.).

Summary:
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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593330968
  • ISBN: 059333096X
  • ISBN: 9780593185865
  • ISBN: 0593185862
  • ISBN: 9780593330982
  • Physical Description: 319 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [New York] : Dutton, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Read with Jenna" -- cover
Awards Note:
National Book Award winner 2021
Subject: Fictitious characters > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Book industries and trade > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Police > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Genre: Fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 44 of 46 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 46 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MOTT (Text) 50686015733699 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F MOT (Text) 33240005342806 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Mot (Text)
Memorial: In Remembrance of Dorothy Hall by J.P. & Susan Hanna
00155319 ADULT Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F MOT (Text) 75011000357001 Adult Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library FIC MOT (Text) 30183000958684 Adult Fiction Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library FIC Mott (Text) 32102000913562 ECAM New Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC MOTT, JASON (Text) 36446002057811 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/02/2024
Exeter Community Library MOT (Text) 33249024799789 Fiction Available -
Fleetwood Area Public Library MOT (Text) 33249024354528 Fiction Available -
Genesee Area Library FIC MOTT (Text) 30305000915741 Adult Fiction Available -


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