Hell of a Book

In Jason Mott's hell of a book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country tour to promote his bestselling novel. At the same time, Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, is trying to survive, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child, appears to the author on his tour. As these characters' stories build and converge, they astonish. For while this book entertains, it's also about the nation's reckoning with a tragic police shooting that is playing over and over again on the news.
Who has been killed ? Who is The Kid ? What waits for the author at the end of his book tour ? Unforgettably told, with characters who burn into your mind and an emotion-packed plot, Hell of a Book is the novel Mott has been writing in his head for the last ten years. And in its final twists, it truly becomes its title.