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John Crow's Devil

Name: John Crow's Devil
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9781888451160

James, Marlon

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"A powerful first novel . . . Writing with assurance and control, James uses his small-town drama to suggest the larger anguish of a postcolonial society struggling for its own identity." — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "Elements coalesce in a Jamaican stew spicier than jerk chicken. First novelist James moves effortlessly between lyrical patois and trenchant observations . . . It's 150-proof literary rum guaranteed to intoxicate and enchant. Highly recommended." — Library Journal (*starred* review) This stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957 with language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy and a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison. Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. His second novel, The Book of Night Women , a New York Times Editors' Choice, was released in 2009 to widespread [...]critical acclaim....

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

Akashic Books

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

1888451165

ISBN 13:

9781888451160