Demon Copperhead : Winner of the Womens Prize for Fiction

Author: Kingsolver, Barbara

Fiction & related items

Published on 4 May 2023 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 560 pages
129 x 198 x 40 | 450g

**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORBOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4AN OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICKWithout a doubt the best book Ill read this year. KATE ATKINSONIts EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written. MARIAN KEYESDaring, entertaining and highly readable. The TimesElectrifying. Daily MailA blaze of a book. RACHEL JOYCEA masterclass. RICHARD POWERSMasterful. Pulitzer PrizePowerful. GuardianA work of genius. KATE MOSSEDemon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can.

Demons 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 isnt an idea, its as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isnt an abstraction, its 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 hes 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 Id rather be reading Demon Copperhead sticker for my Nissan Murano. ROB DELANEYWhat 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 Ive ever read.***** Amazingly complex. . . [Kingsolver] is, by far, one of the greatest living authors