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      • With its two distinct yet interconnecting narratives, Hell of a Book is a playfully disorienting novel that carefully balances both tragedy and comedy. A nuanced meditation on grief, mental illness, and racism, it explores the fear of anti-Black violence and the challenge of loving oneself in the face of racial hatred.
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  2. 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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  3. Hell of a Book[a] is a 2021 book by Jason Mott. It won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. Plot summary. In alternating chapters, the novel tells the stories of two different characters: a nameless novelist on tour for a book also titled Hell of a Book, and an African-American child named Soot.

  4. Introduction. Jason Mott’s novel Hell of a Book: or, The Altogether Factual, Wholly Bona Fide Story of a Big Dreams, Hard Luck, American-Made Mad Kid was published in 2021. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2021 and the 2022 Housatonic Book Award.

  5. Aug 12, 2021 · Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book” is a novel that confounds the normal parameters of storytelling. What starts out as a relatively straightforward tale about a Black author’s cross-country tour...

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  6. Jul 7, 2021 · In our interview, Mott talks about his inspiration for this braided narrative, the challenging but rewarding balancing act of the novel, his deep gratitude for his readers, and the inspiration for Nic Cage’s cameo appearance in Hell of a Book.

  7. An astounding work of fiction from a New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott, always deeply honest, at times electrically funny, that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans, and America as a whole.

  8. Jun 29, 2021 · HELL OF A BOOK. by Jason Mott ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 29, 2021. By turns playful and surprising and intimate, a moving meditation on being Black in America. bookshelf. shop now. A Black writer's cross-country book tour becomes a profound exploration of love, friendship, and racial violence in America.

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