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Author:

Vercher, John, author.

Title:

Devil is fine / John Vercher.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Celadon Books,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

262 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Sons--Death--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

"Our narrator is haunted. Haunted by panic attacks, a failed relationship, alcoholism, an academic career that wants to define him by his Blackness, and the trauma of the recent death of his 17-year-old son, Malcolm. When a letter arrives informing him that his maternal grandfather has left Malcolm a plot of land, our narrator leaves his life behind and heads to the seaside of the Northeast, where his identity is shaken by the dark and haunting secret that lies beneath this inherited land. With the wit ofPaul Beatty's The Sellout and the nuance of Zadie Smith's On Beauty, author John Vercher's Devil is Fine is an emotional account of what it is to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile freedom and creativity with thefootprint of colonialism. Gripping, surrealist, and darkly funny, Devil is Fine is a brilliantly-crafted dissection of the legacies we leave behind, and those we inherit"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250894484
9781250894489

LCCN:

2023049327

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)