Demon Copperhead

Lấy cảm hứng từ David Copperfield của Dickens, tác giả 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 đã dệt nên một câu chuyện theo chân nhân vật trong suốt cuộc đời (bildungsroman) cuốn hút với những nhân vật được khắc họa sâu và những đại tự sự xung quanh nhân vật. 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 là tiếng nói của thế hệ mới những cậu bé lạc lối, và tất cả những người được sinh ra ở những nơi xinh đẹp đáng nguyền rủa nhưng phải tìm cách rũ bỏ lại quá khứ.

A masterful recasting of David Copperfield, narrated by an Appalachian boy whose wise, unwavering voice relates his encounters with poverty, addiction, institutional failures and moral collapse-and his efforts to conquer them. - the Pulitzer

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
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'It's EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written.' MARIAN KEYES

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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