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John Crow's Devil
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““Come now, church, who is ready to be violent for the Lord?!”
There's something about organized religion that can be really terrifying at times, the way it can feed on fear and trump all logic and decency. Filled with Obeah and omens of john crows. And do I dare call this a satire? Because at times I wanted to chuckle, but mostly to keep myself from being so horrified at the events and chuck the book across the room. I loved the way that the town's hypocrisy and secrets slowly began to be revealed and ultimately lead to its downfall. I really enjoyed this one, although at times the author's wordsmithing got in the way of narrative pacing. But I was engaged throughout and when I had lots of time to focus my attention and get lost in the story.”About Marlon James
was born in Jamaica in 1970. He is the author of the
-bestseller
which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019. His novel
won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction, and the Minnesota Book Award. It was also a
Notable Book. James is also the author of
, which won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and an NAACP Image Award. His first novel,
, was a finalist for the
Book Prize for first fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was a
Editors' Choice. James divides his time between Minnesota and New York.
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