Kingsolver has some of Mark Twain in her, along with 21st-century gifts of her own.

A page turner and Kingsolvers best novel by far. Kingsolvers novel sweeps you along just as powerfully as the original does. Demon Copperhead reimagines Dickenss story in a modern-day rural America contending with poverty and opioid addiction.Kingsolver and Dickens overlap: both of them exuberant writers of social novels with a strong political message and a concern for the lower classes. Beth Macy, author of Dopesick An Appalachian David Copperfield.

Im crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. Review Quotes Demon is a voice for the ages-akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield-only even more resilient. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they cant imagine leaving behind. 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. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. 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.

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. (Ron Charles, Washington Post) From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young heros unforgettable journey to maturity Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead fathers good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love. Beth Macy, author of Dopesick May be the best novel of 2022. Book Synopsis A NEW YORK TIMES TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2022 An Oprahs Book Club Selection - An Instant New York Times Bestseller - An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller - A #1 Washington Post Bestseller Demon is a voice for the ages-akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield-only even more resilient. About the Book The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

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