- Fiction, Fiction, coming of age, Mississippi, fiction, African American teenage boys
Kiese Laymon's debut novel is a Twain-esque exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in Post-Katrina Mississippi, written in a voice that's alternately funny, lacerating, and wise.
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- Author
- Kiese Laymon
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Agate Publishing, Incorporated, Tantor Audio, Scribner
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781306444569
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About Kiese Laymon · 1974
American writer.
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