John Crow's Devil

ISBN: 1936070103

Author: James, Marlon

Condition: Used

The long-awaited paperback reissue of Booker-Prize Winner Marlon James's debut novel.-Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.-Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth Writers PrizeA powerful first novel . . . Writing with assurance and control, James uses his small-town drama to suggest the larger anguish of a postcolonial society struggling for its own identity. -New York Times, Editors ChoiceElements coalesce in a Jamaican stew spicier than jerk chicken. First novelist James moves effortlessly between lyrical patois and trenchant observations . . . Its 150-proof literary rum guaranteed to intoxicate and enchant. Highly recommended. -Library Journal, Starred ReviewThis stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. With language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy, and a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison, Marlon James reveals his unique narrative command that will firmly establish his place as one of todays freshest, most talented young writers.In the village of Gibbeah-where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives-magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. In this town, a battle is fought between two men of God. The story begins when a drunkard named Hector Bligh (the Rum Preacher) is dragged from his pulpit by a man calling himself Apostle York. Handsome and brash, York demands a fire-and-brimstone church, but sets in motion a phenomenal and deadly struggle for the soul of Gibbeah itself. John Crows Devil is a novel about religious mania, redemption, sexual obsession, and the eternal struggle inside all of us between the righteous and the wicked.

• Rare collectible signed by the author