Description
A masterful recasting of David Copperfield, narrated by an Appalachian boy whose wise, unwavering voice relates his encounters with poverty, addiction, institutional failures and moral collapse-and his efforts to conquer them. - the Pulitzer
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JSMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR
BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4
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WITH OVER 26,000 5* REVIEWS
Extraordinary. OPRAH
She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I know. ANN PATCHETT
Electrifying. . . Every sentence here sizzles. Daily Mail
It s EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written. MARIAN KEYES
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Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can.
Demon s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking like a little blue prizefighter. For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise.
In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn t an idea, it s as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn t an abstraction, it s neighbours, parents, and friends. Family could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he s willing to travel to try and get there.
Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.
Legit about to get an I d rather be reading Demon Copperhead sticker for my Nissan Murano. ROB DELANEY
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What readers are saying:
***** An amazing, beautifully written story I cannot wait to recommend to everyone I know.
***** Powerful and brilliant. To immerse yourself in a Kingsolver novel is to put yourself in the hands of a master.
***** A must read and heart-opening book.
***** Raw, angry, starkly beautiful. . . Genuinely one of the best books I ve ever read.
***** Amazingly complex. . . [Kingsolver] is, by far, one of the greatest living authors
About the Author
Barbara Kingsolver s books of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction are widely translated and have won numerous literary awards, including the Women s Prize for Fiction, awarded to The Lacuna; Flight Behaviour was also shortlisted. She is the founder of the PEN/Bellwether Prize, and in 2000 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal, her country s highest honour for service through the arts. Prior to her writing career, she studied and worked as a biologist. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.
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