Hell of a Book

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Author
Jason Mott
Publisher
Hachette
Genre
Fiction
Released
29 June, 2021
ISBN
9781398704657

Hell of a Book

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Synopsis

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.

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Powerful and Dazzling: Read an Extract from Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

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28 June 2021

Powerful and Dazzling: Read an Extract from Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

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    About the author

    Jason Mott

    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 journals such as Prick of the Spindle, The Thomas Wolfe Review, The Kakalak Anthology of Carolina Poets, Measure and Chautauqua. He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize award.He is the author of two poetry collections. The Returned is his first novel.The Returned has also been optioned by Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, in association with Brillstein Entertainment and ABC.

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