Devil is fine / John Vercher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vercher, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Fathers and sons--Fiction.

Fathers and sons.

Sons--Death--Fiction.

Sons.

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.

Identity (Psychology).

Multiracial families--Fiction.

Multiracial families.

Inheritance and succession--Fiction.

Inheritance and succession.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Magic realist fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

262 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Celadon Books, 2024.

Summary:

"Our narrator is haunted. Haunted by panic attacks, a failed relationship, alcoholism, an academic career that wants to define him by his Blackness, and the trauma of the recent death of his 17-year-old son, Malcolm. When a letter arrives informing him that his maternal grandfather has left Malcolm a plot of land, our narrator leaves his life behind and heads to the seaside of the Northeast, where his identity is shaken by the dark and haunting secret that lies beneath this inherited land. With the wit of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and the nuance of Zadie Smith's On Beauty, author John Vercher's Devil is Fine is an emotional account of what it is to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile freedom and creativity with the footprint of colonialism. Gripping, surrealist, and darkly funny, Devil is Fine is a brilliantly-crafted dissection of the legacies we leave behind, and those we inherit"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781250894489

1250894484

OCLC:

1392045789

Publisher Number:

99996707007