Results for 'percival everett'

1. Cebo Campbell

Sky Full of Elephants

In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?

1. Melissa Lucashenko

Edenglassie

Two extraordinary stories set five generations apart are connected by a violent colonial history, in Melissa Lucashenko's stunning historical epic

1. Natasha , Brown

Universality

From the author of Assembly - THE MUST-READ NOVEL OF 2025 in the GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, GQ, ELLE, OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, RADIO TIMES, BBC, HARPER'S BAZAAR, and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'An instant classic.' ELLE'Utterly phenomenal.' ELIZABETH DAY'Smart, twisty and original.' DAVID NICHOLLS'A sharp, clever take on contemporary culture.' DAILY MAIL'In a class of her own.' FINANCIAL TIMESOn an abandoned Yorkshire farm, a group of hippie-anarchists have taken up residence to build a new society. When their leader is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar, an ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind the attack. The longread exposé she writes goes viral - but is there more to the story than meets the eye?Universality unravels the messy aftermath of that exposé through the perspective of each of the mystery's key players: a self-pitying banker, a columnist with secrets, a cult leader with dreams, and a fugitive with nothing left to lose.The follow-up to Natasha Brown's Assembly is a twisty, slippery story of media, class, power and truth. Cutting through the noise, it reveals British society today for what it is.'A searing, state-of-the-nation novel.' STYLIST'Confirms Natasha Brown as a major talent.' OBSERVER'A brilliant, unusual social x-ray of modern Britain.' ANDREW O'HAGAN'It is impossible to not get utterly sucked in.' JENNY MUSTARD'One of the most intelligent voices writing today.' GUARDIAN'Original, vital, and unputdownable.' TESS GUNTY'Brown is an astute political observer, easily dismembering cancel culture and our media circus.' NEW STATESMAN

1. Percival , Everett

Ich bin Nicht Sidney Poitier

Ein Name als Provokation, ein Leben als Satire.Portia Poitier nennt ihren Sohn 'Nicht Sidney', um ihn von dem berühmten Schauspieler zu unterscheiden. Nach dem Tod der Mutter ist der Elfjährige plötzlich Milliardär, CNN-Miteigentümer und Mündel von Ted Turner. Zwischen Rassenwahn, Starkult und Klassenkampf stolpert er durch Verhaftungen, Mordfälle und Identitätsfragen. Eine rabenschwarze, urkomische Reise durch Amerika, auf der Percival Everett sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner satirischen Kraft zeigt.

Percival Everett

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.Everett lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, novelist Danzy Senna.While completing his MFA degree at Brown University, Everett wrote his first novel, Suder (1983), about Craig Suder, a Seattle Mariners third baseman in major league slump, both on and off the field. Everett's second novel, Walk Me to the Distance (1985), was later re-interpreted with an altered plot as an ABC TV movie entitled Follow Your Heart. In this novel, David Larson returns from Vietnam and attempts to find the retarded son of a one-legged sheep rancher in Slut's Whole, Wyoming. Cutting Lisa (1986; re-issued 2000) begins with John Livesey meeting a man who has performed a caesarean section that prompts the protagonist to evaluate his relationships.

1. Andrea Levy

Small Island

The multi-award-winning, million copy bestseller... 'the literary equivalent of a switch-back ride' - Sunday Times