Demon Copperhead : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063251922
- ISBN: 0063251922
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Physical Description:
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548 pages ; 24 cm. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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General Note: | "Oprah's Book Club, 2022." -- Cover. |
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Genre: | Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. |
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Available copies
- 60 of 136 copies available at Evergreen Indiana. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Orleans Town and Township Public Library.
Holds
- 26 current holds with 136 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Orleans Town and Twp PL - Orleans | F KIN (Text) | 36870000504742 | F | In transit | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. - Baker & Taylor
The son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Unsheltered. Simultaneous. - HARPERCOLL
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ⢠WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" ⢠An Oprahâs Book Club Selection ⢠An Instant New York Times Bestseller ⢠An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller ⢠A #1 Washington Post BestsellerÂ
"Demon is a voice for the agesâakin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfieldâonly even more resilient.â âBeth Macy, author of Dopesick
"May be the best novel of [the year]. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.â (Ron Charles, Washington Post)
From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young heroâs unforgettable journey to maturity
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead fatherâs good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickensâ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they canât imagine leaving behind.