{"product_id":"hell-of-a-book-1","title":"Hell of a Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e*\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Truly one hell of a book.' \u003cb\u003eCANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of \u003ci\u003eQUEENIE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful, timely, and provocative' ABI DARÉ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An important book and everyone should read it' IMRAN MAHMOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'More than lives up to its title' CHARLES YU\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* * * * *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS IS A TRUE STORY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller \u003ci\u003eHell of a Book\u003c\/i\u003e - which, as people keep telling him, is one hell of a book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS IS A COMING-OF-AGE STORY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning, he meets The Kid - a young Black boy who looks just like the one on the news who was shot by the police. 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It's original and Jason Mott is a talent.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenna Bush Hager\u003c\/b\u003e, Read With Jenna\/Today Show Book Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbi Daré,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Louding Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Yu\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful and deeply moving book' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImran Mahmood, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Know Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'How to possibly describe this novel without simply borrowing from its moniker  It is, after all, a \u003ci\u003ehell of a book\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stunning, humorous, insightful, poetic, cinematic' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eHell of a Book\u003c\/i\u003e 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' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For all its moments of levity, Mott has written a deadly serious story ... \u003ci\u003eHell of a Book\u003c\/i\u003e 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.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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. 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