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Demon Copperhead
This instant classic is a masterpiece in storytelling from one of the worlds best-loved novelists. A once-in-a-generation novel, it breaks and mends your heart in the way only the BEST fiction can.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES READERS BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN’S PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR
BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4
AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK
‘Without a doubt the best book I’ll read this year.’ KATE ATKINSON
‘It’s EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written.’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Daring, entertaining and highly readable.’ The Times
‘Electrifying.’ Daily Mail
‘A blaze of a book.’ RACHEL JOYCE
‘A masterclass.’ RICHARD POWERS
‘Masterful.’ Pulitzer Prize
‘Powerful.’ Guardian
‘A work of genius.’ KATE MOSSE
Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can.
Demon’s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking ‘like a little blue prizefighter.’ For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise.
In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn’t an idea, it’s as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn’t an abstraction, it’s neighbours, parents, and friends. ‘Family’ could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he’s willing to travel to try and get there.
Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.
‘Legit about to get an ‘I’d rather be reading Demon Copperhead’ sticker for my Nissan Murano.’ ROB DELANEY
‘Demon Copperhead is a work of genius. . . Demon himself is an incredible character, and you are just rooting for him every step of the way’
A blaze of a book. . . I cried because I believe in the salvation of Demon, against every odd you can name, and I am so grateful for that when there is so much to be angry and fearful about. . . It’s one of those rare books that you know will always be with you, and your life will be a little better because of it.
‘A towering, deeply powerful and significant book. Brilliant and visceral, it is storytelling by an author at the top of her game. We were all deeply moved. . . Demon Copperhead tackles universal themes – from addiction and poverty, to family, love, and the power of friendship and art – it packs a triumphant emotional punch, and it is a novel that will withstand the test of time.’
'It's EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving, wholly immersive, totally convincing and exquisetly written. She is so GIFTED.'
'[Demon’s narration] is one of the great virtuosic vocal performances. . . this guy’s voice is just pouring out. It was a masterclass in how to make sentences just soar and how to make a character lift off.'
Reinventing Charles Dickens' David Copperfield . . . this polemical epic held me spellbound with its wisecracking Holden Caulfield-esque narration, its lyrical evocation of place, its humour, heart, pain and redemption. Unmissable.
Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead, as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her work of narrative non-fiction is the influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages…
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