God's Country
$29.81
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2024
Summary
“Mr. Everett is successful combining heart with rage… . The novel sears.” ―David Bowman, The New York Times Book Review
This ‘comic and fierce’ novel spoofs the classic Western format with the dark, incisive humor we’ve come to expect from the acclaimed National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
One of the earliest works anchoring Percival Everett’s illustrious career, God’s Country is by turns funny, shocking, and devastating. The unlik…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807016299 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807016292 |
| Author: | Percival Everett, Madison Smartt Bell |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 209mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
“This wild novel of the West is comic and fierce, turn by turn.”
—Nicholas Delbanco, author of What Remains
“An outrageously funny, alarmingly serious, highly enjoyable novel.”
—Amanda Heller, The Boston Globe
“Mr. Everett is successful combining heart with rage… . The novel sears.”
—David Bowman, The New York Times Book Review
“I loved this book. God’s Country is like no Western I’ve ever read before: a wonderfully strange and darkly hilarious brew of Kafka and García Márquez, of Twilight Zone and F-Troop. Percival Everett has written … a Wild West road trip that challenges our assumptions about what human dignity really means.”
—Bret Lott, author of Jewel: A Novel
Praise for Percival Everett:
“Percival Everett’s talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance that could place him alongside Wright and Ellison as he skewers the conventions of racial and political correctness.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Everett is one of the most unpredictable and original novelists working today.”
—Michael Schaub, NPR
“Everett is a true American genius, a master artist.”
—Carole V. Bell, Oprah Daily
“It’s hard … to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett.”
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune
About The Author
Percival Everett
Percival Everett is the author of over 30 books since his debut, Suder, was released in 1983. His modern classics include I Am Not Sidney Poitier, So Much Blue, Glyph, and The Trees. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at The University of Southern California. Everett was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 with his novel Telephone. He received the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards, the 2023 PEN America Award for Dr. No, and the 2024 National Book Award and 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for James.
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