John Crow's Devil by Marlon James

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The debut novel of the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015 Jamaica, 1957 On a day beginning with a bad omen - black vultures, known locally as John Crows, crash through the local c hurch windows - a handsome and charismatic stranger drags the village preacher from his pulpit and takes over both church and congregation. Promising vengeance and damnation, he wastes no time delivering both, and in doing so starts a power struggle that sets the village of Gibbeah on a path to destruction. With language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy, and a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison, John Crow's Devil is a terrifying and moving novel about religious mania, redemption, sexual obsession and the eternal struggle between the righteous and the wicked. This 2015 Oneworld Paperback is in good condition. Book appears to have been stored improperly by a past owner, and so the spine has warped somewhat to the left. Otherwise in great condition. ISBN: 9781780748498 SKU: 1580783 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. Show more