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An edition of John Crow's Devil (2005)

John Crow's devil

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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 was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970.

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Publisher
Akashic Books
Language
English
Pages
230

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John Crow's devil
2010, Akashic Books
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John Crow's Devil
2009, Akashic Books
in English
Cover of: John Crow's Devil
John Crow's Devil
2009, akashic books
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Cover of: John Crow's Devil
John Crow's Devil
September 2005, Akashic Books
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Edition Notes

Published in
Brooklyn, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.6
Library of Congress
PR9265.9.J358 J64 2010,

The Physical Object

Pagination
230 pages
Number of pages
230

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27197368M
Internet Archive
johncrowsdevil0000jame
ISBN 10
1936070103
ISBN 13
9781936070107
LCCN
2009939040
OCLC/WorldCat
456177958

Work Description

This stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. 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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