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Hell of a book, or the altogether factual, wholly bona fide story of a big dreams, hard luck, American-Made Mad Kid

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In Jason Mott's Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott's novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour. As these characters' stories build and build and converge, they astonish. For while this heartbreaking and magical book entertains and is at once about family, love of parents and children, art and money, it's also about the nation's reckoning with a tragic police shooting playing over and over again on the news. And with what it can mean to be Black in America. Who has been killed? Who is The Kid? Will the author finish his book tour, and what kind of world will he leave behind? Unforgettably told, with characters who burn into your mind and an electrifying plot ideal for book club discussion, Hell of a Book is the novel Mott has been writing in his head for the last ten years. And in its final twists it truly becomes its title.
"From a New York Times bestselling author, an astounding work of fiction, both incredibly funny and heartfelt, asking readers to embrace the fantastical in order to get to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon not only Black Americans, but America as a whole." --
"Soot, a young Black boy, lives in a rural town in the recent past. The Kid, a possibly imaginary child appears to a Black author on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. As their stories build and converge, they astonish. As the nation reckons with a tragic police shooting playing over and over again on the news, what it can mean to be Black in America? Who has been killed? Who is The Kid? Will the author finish his book tour, and what kind of world will he leave behind?" --Adapted from jacket.

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  • 33 of 33 copies available at Westchester Library System.

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Bedford Free Library FIC MOT (Text)
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31002150817210
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Bedford Hills Free Library MOTT (Text)
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31003151548002
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31036150957048
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  This item was purchased thanks to the generous support of The Friends of the Briarcliff Manor Public Library, Inc.
Chappaqua Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31005153448735
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Eastchester Public Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31008152555021
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Greenburgh Public Library MOTT (Text)
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31009154875946
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Harrison Public Library MOTT, J. (Text)
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31010300257229
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Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31011151435344
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Hendrick Hudson Free Library MOTT, JASON (Text)
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31016151753166
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Irvington Public Library FIC MOTT, J (Text)
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31012154370256
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John C. Hart Memorial Library MOTT (Text)
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31030155026446
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Katonah Village Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31013151950934
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Larchmont Public Library MOTT (Text)
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31014152971218
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Lewisboro Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31032151418379
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Mamaroneck Public Library District FICTION (Text)
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31015152626132
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Mamaroneck Public Library District FICTION (Text)
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31015152647849
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Mount Kisco Public Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31017100346672
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New Rochelle Public Library MOTT (Text)
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31019156728522
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North Castle Public Library FIC MOT (Text)
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31001152126869
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Ossining Public Library FICTION (Text)
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31021101890951
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Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31025152626461
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Purchase Free Library NEW MOTT (Text)
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31027150605737
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Ruth Keeler Memorial Library F MOTT (Text)
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31020150816792
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Rye Free Reading Room FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31028153402114
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The Field Library MOTT, J. (Text)
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31022152288111
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Warner Library FICTION MOTT (Text)
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31033152102954
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White Plains Public Library FICTION (Text)
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31544101218444
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White Plains Public Library FICTION (Text)
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31544101239721
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Yonkers Crestwood Library FIC MOTT (Text)
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31035161929988
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Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library FICTION (Text)
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31035162228976
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Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library FICTION (Text)
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31035162710940
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Yonkers Riverfront Library FICTION (Text)
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31035600047764
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Yonkers Riverfront Library HS FIC M (Text)
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31035612073394
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