{"product_id":"hell-of-a-book-winner-of-the-national-book-award-for-fiction","title":"Hell of a Book: WINNER of the National Book Award for Fiction","description":"Product Description      \n\n*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021*'Truly one hell of a book.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of QUEENIE\n\n\n'Powerful, timely, and provocative' ABI DARÉ'An important book and everyone should read it' IMRAN MAHMOOD'More than lives up to its title' CHARLES YU\n\n* * * * *\n\n\nTHIS IS A TRUE STORY.\nAn author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller\nHell of a Book - which, as people keep telling him, is one hell of a book.\n\n\nTHIS IS A COMING-OF-AGE STORY.\nOne morning, he meets The Kid - a young Black boy who looks just like the one on the news who was shot by the police. And The Kid wants him to tell his story.\n\n\nTHIS IS A SAD STORY.\nIt's the story of a boy who spent most of his life trying to hide, and to not be seen. And it may not be that different from the story of our author.\n\n\nTHIS IS A LOVE STORY.\nBut to find out why, you'll have to read it for yourself.\n\n\n\nTHIS IS A STORY UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER READ. THIS IS A HELL OF A BOOK.\n* * * * * \n\n'Poignant and beautiful ... A story of race, family, love, and justice. It's original and Jason Mott is a talent.'\n\nJenna Bush Hager, Read With Jenna\/Today Show Book Club\n\n'An extraordinary emotional roller coaster of a read - I tore through this profoundly moving novel in a day but have been thinking about it ever since.'\n\nAbi Daré, author of\nThe Girl with the Louding Voice\n\n'Playful, searching, raw and necessary, this writing, this voice, this novel twisted me up and turned me inside out, dazzled me, surprised me and moved me.'\n\nCharles Yu, author of\nInterior Chinatown\n\n'A beautiful and deeply moving book'\n\nImran Mahmood, author of\nYou Don't Know Me\n\n'How to possibly describe this novel without simply borrowing from its moniker? It is, after all, a\nhell of a book'\nEntertainment Weekly\n\n'Stunning, humorous, insightful, poetic, cinematic'\n\nPublishers Weekly (starred review)\n\n'\nHell of a Book consistently proves itself to be more than the sum of its parts: a farce that provokes contemplation, a publishing parody that rings true; an honest and emotive meditation on systematic racial injustice and the myriad ways in which it breaks the human soul. Sharp, funny, evocative and never anything less than utterly poignant'\n\nIrish Times\n\n'For all its moments of levity, Mott has written a deadly serious story ...\nHell of a Book offers a disturbing portrait of a nation that's been lying to itself all its years. In this way, the novel feels like a plea - intense, moving, urgent, and vital.'\n\nWashington Independent Review of Books\n\n'A surrealist feast of imagination that's brimming with very real horrors, frustrations and sorrows, it can break your heart and make you laugh out loud at the same time, often on the same page. This is an achievement of American fiction that rises to meet this particular moment with charm, wisdom and truth'\n\nBookPage (starred review)\n\n'A twisty and startling narrative about the blurry lines between reality and fiction'\nTIME Magazine\n\n\nAN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'MUST READ' \n| \nA READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK \n| \nGOOD MORNING AMERICA\n BOOKS OF THE MONTH \n| \nUSA TODAY\n BOOKS 'NOT TO MISS' \n| \nTHE NY POST BEST SUMMER READING BOOKS \n| \nEBONY MAGAZINE\n BOOK CLUB \n| \nFORTUNE'S\n 'MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS' \n| \nTHE ROOT'S\n PAGETURNERS \n| \nREAL SIMPLE'S\n BEST NEW BOOKS TO READ IN 2021 \n| A TIME MAGAZINE MUST-READ\n\n      Review      \nBrilliant and inventive ... You'll cry tears of laughter. ―\nThe Sunday Times\n\n\nHell of a Book more than lives up to its title. Playful, searching, raw and necessary, this writing, this voice, this novel twisted me up and turned me inside out, dazzled me, surprised me and moved me ―\nCharles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown\n\n\nHow to possibly describe Mott's fourth novel without simply borrowing from its moniker? It is, after all, a hell of a book. The novel follows two surrealist story lines: One in which a famous author out on a promotional tour begins to slowly lose his grip on reality, and one in which ","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39930996654165,"sku":"9781398704640N","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/05b6883b-bdce-42ba-870b-ce2a5c12ff8b.jpg?v=1644913724","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/hell-of-a-book-winner-of-the-national-book-award-for-fiction","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}