{"product_id":"demon-copperhead-a-novel","title":"Demon Copperhead: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eReaders’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCentury • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Bestseller • An Instant\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBestseller •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBestseller • A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"Ten Best Books of the Year\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient.” —Beth Macy, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDopesick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRon Charles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in the mountains of southern Appalachia, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDavid Copperfield \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brews, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252255146136,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/4456\/0024\/files\/91vbJgMZIeL._SL1500.jpg?v=1758949028","url":"https:\/\/booksandbrewsllc.myshopify.com\/products\/demon-copperhead-a-novel","provider":"Books \u0026 Brews, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}