Description: This stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. With language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy, and a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison, Marlon James reveals his unique narrative command that will firmly establish his place as one of today’s freshest, most talented young writers.In the village of Gibbeah―where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives―magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. In this town, a battle is fought between two men of God. The story begins when a drunkard named Hector Bligh (the “Rum Preacher”) is dragged from his pulpit by a man calling himself “Apostle” York. Handsome and brash, York demands a fire-and-brimstone church, but sets in motion a phenomenal and deadly struggle for the soul of Gibbeah itself. John Crow’s Devil is a novel about religious mania, redemption, sexual obsession, and the eternal struggle inside all of us between the righteous and the wicked.
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Signed By: Marlon James
Book Title: John Crow's Devil
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Publisher: Akashic Books
Item Length: 9 in
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Paperback
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.6 in
Author: Marlon James
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Religious, Literary, Historical
Item Weight: 9.4 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 206 Pages
