{"product_id":"demon-copperhead","title":"Demon Copperhead","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Absorbing....Readers see the yearning for love and wells of compassion hidden beneath Demon's self-protective exterior.... Emotionally engaging is Demon's fierce attachment to his home ground, a place where he is known and supported, tested to the breaking point as the opiate epidemic engulfs it.... An angry, powerful book seething with love and outrage for a community too often stereotyped or ignored.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review (Starred Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kingsolver brings a notably different energy from her previous work to \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e...through a tremendous narrative voice, one so sharp and fresh as to overwhelm the reader's senses....Demon's spirit comes through, and it is haunting. It's the reason the pages keep turning....Kingsolver has made this story her own, and what a joy it is to slip into this world and inhabit it, even with all its challenges.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The voice of Demon is so original. . . . Straight-talking, alert, witty and hard to deceive. In other words, a defiant retort to stereotypes about Appalachia. He's mouthy and smart in a contemporary way, but he's making the same call for attention and compassion Charles Dickens did more than a century and a half ago.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A heartrending, probing and ultimately hopeful tale \u003c\/strong\u003eabout a young boy's journey from devastation to survival....\u003cstrong\u003eIt's hard to ascertain which is more brilliant, Kingsolver's skill in modernizing Dickens' narrative or the voice she gives to the privations and adversities facing the land and people she so dearly loves.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Demon is a voice for the ages--akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield--only even more resilient.\u003c\/strong\u003e I'm crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. I think it's her best.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeth Macy, author of Dopesick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kingsolver's capacious, ingenious, wrenching, and funny survivor's tale is a virtuoso present-day variation on Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. . . . Kingsolver's tour de force is a serpentine, hard-striking tale of profound dimension and resonance.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (Starred Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eKingsolver's new novel is her best in years\u003c\/strong\u003e. . . . The character of Damon is right up there with the best classic orphans of literatre. Believe me: you will root for this lost boy.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A riveting, epic tale...[Kingsolver's] exquisite writing takes a wrenching story and makes it worthwhile... Kingsolver has given us a superb novel.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kingsolver has made this story her own, and what a joy it is to slip into this world and inhabit it, even with all its challenges.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is storytelling at its best. The voice rings true and so do the incidents.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With its bold reversals of fate and flamboyant cast, this is storytelling on a grand scale. . . . As Demon discovers, owning his story--every part of it--and finding a way to tell it is how he'll wrest some control over his life. And what a story it is: acute, impassioned, heartbreakingly evocative, told by a narrator who's a product of multiple failed systems, yes, but also of a deep rural landscape with its own sustaining traditions.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An epic...brimming with vitality and outrage....the rare 560-page book you wish would never end.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e - \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople \"Book of the Week\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eMay be the best novel of 2022...\u003c\/strong\u003eEqual parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love....You may be reminded of another orphaned boy slipping through the country's underbrush, just trying to stay out of trouble: Huck Finn. With Demon, Kingsolver has created an outcast equally reminiscent of Twain's masterpiece, speaking in the natural poetry of the American vernacular....Kingsolver's best demonstration yet of a novel's ability to simultaneously entertain and move and plead for reform.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e - \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Charles, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant. . . . A page turner and Kingsolver's best novel by far. . . . Kingsolver has some of Mark Twain in her, along with 21st-century gifts of her own. More than ever, she is our literary mirror and window. May this novel be widely read and championed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e...Kingsolver channels the voice of a disenfranchised boy lost in the failures of our social system. It's a testament to her storytelling mastery that this novel also illustrates how deeply intertwined our attitudes about nature are with our collective destiny. As always, her purpose is to make us think about the ways we all must look out for each other.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArizona Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dazzling novel....a lyrical re-dreaming of Dickens's \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/em\u003e. The social injustices of Victorian England have been transplanted, with spellbinding success, to modern-day Appalachia...populated by America's rural white underclass and now ravaged by the opioid crisis...Kingsolver maintains an astonishing level of energy and intensity....\u003cstrong\u003eThis novel is surely a highpoint of Kingsolver's long career and a strong early candidate for next year's Booker Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply evocative story...Kingsolver's account of the opioid epidemic and its impact on the social fabric of Appalachia is drawn to heartbreaking effect. This is a powerful story, both brilliant in its many social messages regarding foster care, child hunger, and rural struggles, and breathless in its delivery.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (Starred Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e is a propulsive reading experience, energetic and funny while still conveying Kingsolver's fury at the institutions that have let her community down.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you're familiar with the Charles Dickens classic, you'll follow the story's beats and chuckle....What keeps you turning the pages is the knowledge that Demon has a future. The novel ends on a note of hope...not every fate is decided by the circumstances of one's birth.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eThere's really nothing like being immersed in a Kingsolver novel. . . . Damon [is Kingsolver's] bravest, most ambitious creation yet.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . . Much like Douglas Stuart's \u003cem\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/em\u003e or Charles Dickens' \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/em\u003e, Kingsolver's epic is narrated by a self-professed screwup with a heart of gold . . . chock-full of cinematic twists and turns. It's a book that demands we start paying attention to--and embracing--a long-ignored community and its people.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"You'll be enthralled by [Demon's] voice, simultaneously hilarious and wise, as he illuminates life in rural America.....this is the ideal late-fall read to sink your teeth into.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e - \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cstrong\u003est\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Century - An Oprah's Book Club Selection - An Instant \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller - An Instant \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller -\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA #1 \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller - A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"Ten Best Books of the Year\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Demon is a voice for the ages--akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield--only even more resilient.\" --Beth Macy, author of \u003cem\u003eDopesick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"May be the best novel of [the year]. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eRon Charles, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees \u003c\/em\u003eand the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ea brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the mountains of southern Appalachia, \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a boy born to a teenaged 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield \u003c\/em\u003efrom his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 2 (EAN 9780063251922, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2022 (EAN 9780063251922, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/29\/2022 (EAN 9780063251922, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 33 (EAN 9780063251922, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/21\/2022 (EAN 9780063251922, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/04\/2022 pg. 1 (EAN 9780063251922, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKingsolver, Barbara\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Kingsolver\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eUnsheltered\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and \u003ci\u003eCoyote's Wild Home\u003c\/i\u003e, a children's book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential \u003ci\u003eAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, \u003ci\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/i\u003e, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. 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