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Hell of a Book

by Jason Mott

2021 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
4/5

Set in

  • ★
    United States · United States
    Cross-country book tour setting; the author-narrator travels the US confronting race, violence, and the limits of art
    ★ primary
  • North Carolina · United States
    Rural NC setting of Soot's storyline — a Black boy facing danger and erasure in a small Southern town

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