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   Is Hell of a book a love story?

   • And yet, “Hell of a Book” is a love story, even if it’s about a love that led to grief. Our narrator’s heartbreak is what causes him to see the world through a broken lens, to the point that plot-oriented readers may find themselves frustrated. But the beauty of the novel is in the cracks that distort the plot.

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   What is the storyline of Hell of a book?

   • That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott's novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour.

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   When was 'Love Is Hell' published?

   • In November 1984, Groening's then-girlfriend (and co-worker at the Reader ), Deborah Caplan, decided to publish a compilation of Groening's cartoons as a book entitled "Love is Hell". The book was an underground success, selling 22,000 copies in its first two printings.

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   What is hell of a book?

   • In Hell of a Book, an African-American author sets out on a cross-country book tour to promote his bestselling novel.

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   Aug 12, 2021 · And yet, “Hell of a Book” is a love story, even if it’s about a love that led to grief.

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   Jun 29, 2021 · A Black writer's cross-country book tour becomes a profound exploration of love, friendship, and racial violence in America. A man finds himself sprinting down the hallway of a Midwestern hotel, naked, a stranger (whose wife he's just been caught sleeping with) close on his heels.

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   Nov 16, 2022 · The author claims he is telling us a love story. Not the kind of love story you think—even though he does have a few dates with various girls named Kelli, Kellie, Kelly, Keli—whoever. And he does have at least one hysterically funny sexual encounter. But that’s not the love story he is telling.

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   • In "Hell of a Book," The Author says, “I am, after all, not an activist ... I’m a professional” (page 82). What do you think this character means by that?
   • The police shooting of an unarmed Black boy is playing over and over on the news throughout the novel. Discuss how this aspect of the story makes you think about the way racism, injustice and violence function in our society.
   • The Author says, “In this world that we live in, the fact of the matter is that it’s hard to think of anyone as being real” (page 98). Do you agree? How do social media and screens mediate our experiences of others?
   • According to The Author, his “pops was afraid. Always afraid. Every second of every day. His life was one long, sustained terror” (page 126). Why does The Author describe this fear as dangerous?

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   Jun 29, 2021 · Hell of a Book is, at times, an astute depiction of the threat of state violence faced by Black men in the United States. The novel is told in chapters that alternate between the perspectives of an unnamed author and an adolescent Black boy called Soot.

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   Hell of a Book is a story that mixes reality with absurdist fantasy and explores profound themes such as love, friendship, grief, loss, trauma, wisdom, hope and the fraught experiences of ethnic minorities, in particular African Americans, in the United States.

   • Author: Jason Mott

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   Hell of a Book. by Jason Mott. Publication Date: June 28, 2022. Genres: Fiction. Paperback: 336 pages. Publisher: Dutton. ISBN-10: 0593330986. ISBN-13: 9780593330982. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy.