Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize – “Everett masterfully navigates between unspeakable horror and stunning comedy.” – The New York Times Book Review
USA, early 21st century: In the small Southern town of Money, several men are murdered: mostly fat, dim-witted, and white. Next to each body turns up a corpse bearing the features of Emmett Till, a Black boy lynched in 1955. Two African-American detectives investigate, but the sheriff and a group of stubborn rednecks put up fierce resistance. As the murders spread across America, the detectives seek answers in the archives of Mama Z, who has been keeping a record of Money's lynching victims for decades. A breathtaking blend of parody and hardboiled thriller, unlike anything seen before in American literature.
About the author:
Percival Everett, born in 1956 in Fort Gordon, Georgia, is a writer and professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has published numerous novels, short stories, and poetry collections. His most recent novels published by Hanser are "The Shock" (2022), "The Trees" (2023), and "James" (2024), for which he received the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
