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ISBN: 9798217289936
| Runtime: | 9.44 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
An An Atlanta Journal Constitution Pick of Summer Reads
A USA Today Pick for Summer
A People Magazine Pick of the Month
A BookPage Top Pick of the Month
An Amazon Editors' Pick in Fiction
Finalist for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Fiction
One of USA Today’s 15 Books You Should Read This Summer
One of Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Hot New Summer Reads
One of People's Most Anticipated Summer Books
One of Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025
A Late Show Book Club pick
The riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 National Book Award winner and bestseller Hell of a Book
People Like Us is Jason Mott’s electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason’s life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and don’t let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt.
In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.
People Like Us is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once. It is an utter triumph bursting with larger-than-life characters who deliver a very real take on our world. This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing; it also is buoyed by riotous humor and characters who share the deepest love. It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes, delivering something utterly new yet instantly recognizable as a Jason Mott novel.
Finishing the novel will leave you absolutely breathless and, at the same time, utterly filled with joy for life, changed forever by characters who are people like us.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“This account of two Black writers makes for a memorable audiobook. Both narrators are masters of cadence and pace. The unnamed first-person protagonist [is] portrayed expressively by Golden Voice Narrator JD Jackson…Ronald Peet eloquently portrays the writer Soot…In an autobiographical endnote, Mott reveals the novel’s backstories. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award for Narration.” —AudioFile
“Deploys wicked humor and pathos to explore issues around race, gun violence, fame, and mental health.” —Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Haunting, vivid literary fiction at its finest.” —BookPage (starred review)
“This book is full of action, suspense, and laughs. Its reflections about being a Black American in Europe are insightful. Jump in for a full-force, visceral ride.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“A surreal and intimate story about two Black writers contending with loss, longing, and gun violence.” —Millions.com
Author
Author Bio: Jason Mott
Jason Mott has published four novels. His poetry and fiction have appeared in various literary journals, and his novel Hell of a Book won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2021. His first novel, The Returned, was a New York Times bestseller and was turned into a TV series that ran for two seasons. He has a BFA degree in fiction and an MFA in poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Library CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 9.44 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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