{"product_id":"devil-is-fine-9781250894489","title":"Devil Is Fine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReeling from the sudden death of his teenage son, our narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he has just inherited a plot of land from his estranged grandfather. He travels to a beach town several hours south of his home with the intention of immediately selling the land. But upon inspection, what lies beneath the dirt is much more than he can process in the throes of grief. As a biracial Black man struggling with the many facets of his identity, he's now the owner of a former plantation passed down by the men on his white mother's side of the family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVercher deftly blurs the lines between real and imagined, past and present, tragedy and humor, and fathers and sons in this story of discovery--and a fight for reclamation--of a painful past. With the wit of Paul Beatty's \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e and the nuance of Zadie Smith's\u003ci\u003e On Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Devil Is Fine\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly funny and brilliantly crafted dissection of the legacies we leave behind and those we inherit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Celadon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250894489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Vercher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033921614005,"sku":"9781250894489","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6c78a525-5775-4a7f-bc86-6f760e91f6ed.jpg?v=1713887480","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/devil-is-fine-9781250894489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}