Winner ofthe Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2023
Shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2023
'First I got myself born.'
And so begins the tale of Demon Copperhead: a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer,with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair,bucket-loads of charm and a talent or two the world is yet to discover. We befriend Demon on this,his journey through the modern perils of foster care,child labor,derelict schools,athletic success,addiction,the dizzying highs of true love,and the crushing losses that can accompany it.
It's impossible not to fall hard for this hero who has just made your acquaintance,as you hurtle through these pages wishing you could reach into the pages save him from hardships or steer him to the rays of light that shine through even his darkest days.
Inspired by the unflinching truth-telling of David Copperfield,Kingsolver enlists Dickens'anger and compassion,and above all,his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon is the voice of new generation of lost boys,and all those born into beautiful,cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind. This young man is about to steal all our hearts.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571376483Number of pages: 560Weight: 458 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 33 mmEdition: Main - Re-issue
Barbara Kingsolver
An ecologist and biologist by training,Barbara Kingsolver shifted into fiction in 1988 and within a decade produced the masterfulThe Poisonwood Bible, a novel echoing her own year-long experience of living in the Congo. Winner of many awards,her subsequent books have often charted our own relationships with our environment,particularly the stunning Flight Behaviour of 2012,a story describing the subtle but real impact of climate change in rural Tennessee.
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