The Trees

The Trees
Percival Everett
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 334pg
24 Mar 2022 UK
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9781914391170
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An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of TelephonePercival Everett' s The Trees is a page-turner that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist White townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till. The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried. In this bold, provocative book, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence, and does so in a fast-paced style that ensures the reader can' t look away. The Trees is an enormously powerful novel of lasting importance from an author with his finger on America' s pulse.
"At points witty, surreal, and farcical, The Trees is a timely commentary by an American master on the ways that white supremacy continues to haunt us whether we realize it or not. "--Oprah Daily "[The Trees] blends Everett' s wit with elegy and solemnity. "--The Boston Globe "The Trees is a wild book: a gory pulp revenge fantasy and a detective narrative. . . . [It] is just as blood-soaked and just as hilarious as Inglourious Basterds or Django Unchained, but it comes with more authentic historical weight for being set in a dreamlike counterpresent. "--Bookforum "The Trees weaves tropes of pulp-cop noir with trademark acuity and genre-bending inventiveness to deliver a swift, startlingly expansive take on the legacy of lynching in the American South. "--Porter House Review"This fierce satire is both deeply troubling and rewarding. "--Booklist, starred review
Percival Everett is author to more than thirty books. He voted for Joe Biden.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781914391170
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Influx Press
Publisher: Influx Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 334

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