Demon Copperhead : A Novel : Barbara Kingsolver

Paperback | Fiction \ Coming Of Age WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION The bestselling masterpiece of contemporary American fiction—one of the Best Books of the Year—from the author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity. Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenage single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.