WINNER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021
AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'MUST READ'
A TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK
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Discover this astonishing work of fiction from award-winning, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jason Mott.
'Powerful, timely and provocative' ABI DARÉ, author of GIRL WITH A LOUDING VOICE
'Jason Mott truly has written one hell of a book.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of QUEENIE
This is a true story.
An author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller which, as people keep telling him, is one hell of a book.
This is a coming-of-age story.
One morning, he meets The Kid: a young Black boy who looks just like the one he keeps seeing on the news. And The Kid wants him to tell his story.
This is a sad story.
It's the story of a boy who spent most of his life trying to hide. And it may not be that different from the story of our author.
This is a love story.
But to find out why, you'll have to read this for yourself.
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Jason Mott
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'More than lives up to its title' Charles Yu
Meet . . . wait, we don't actually know his name.
What we do know about him is he's an author. He moves from airport to bookshop to chain hotel, on tour for his new bestseller HELL OF A BOOK. And, as people keep telling him, it's a hell of a book.
Some of these people may or may not be real - because the other thing to know about him is he has, let's say, an overactive imagination...
For example, only he can see The Kid: a young black boy, who may or may not be the young black boy on the news recently. The one who was shot by the police. The one who everyone is on the streets protesting about.
Or he might be any of the others. He may be all of them, or none of them.
That may or may not be important.
He may even be our author telling us this story.
And all of this may or may not be happening.
Every. Single. Day.
THIS HELL OF A WORLD NEEDS THIS HELL OF A BOOK
'An extraordinary emotional roller coaster of a read - I tore through this profoundly moving novel in a day but have been thinking about it ever since.'
Abi Daré, author of The Girl with the Louding Voice
'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 Interior Chinatown