Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

    • 4.5 • 356 Ratings
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Publisher Description

#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


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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.


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Readers love Demon Copperhead:


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Outstanding . . . I don't know how someone can write a book like this: inhabit a totally different character and create it with such empathy, respect and fullness.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Powerful and brilliant. To immerse yourself in a Kingsolver novel is to put yourself in the hands of a master.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This was one of the greatest books I have read . . . Kingsolver is a magician with words, and her rage quietly seeps from each page.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Raw, angry, starkly beautiful . . . Genuinely one of the best books I've ever read.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'An incredibly raw and moving read, with a big-hearted hero who will stay with me for a long time.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I cannot overstate how absorbing this book is. It is wonderful and has restored my faith in fiction and novels.'

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2022
18 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
608
Pages
PUBLISHER
Faber & Faber
SELLER
Faber and Faber Limited
SIZE
2.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Jinjera ,

Thought Provoking

I don’t know how I feel about this book
It’s hard to describe
Beautifully written and incredibly researched
But the subject matter was hard to read and absorb
I guess that was the purpose as we live through our comfortable lives !!!

honkitonksy ,

O Boy

You get sucked in, you can’t stop reading it but you don’t want to read it. Amazing book, amazing story, amazing language.

Blue Couch Beginnings ,

Demon Copperhead

Shaky to start but kept going and her narrative kept giving. One of the most gifted novelists of today.

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