Percival Everett: The Trees
A powerful satire of revenge and social justice in America
Percival Everett will be discussing his Booker-shortlisted novel The Trees. This powerful and fiercely funny satire centring on revenge and racial justice in America shifts genres between police procedural, magical realism and horror with wit and consummate skill. Percival Everett addresses some of America鈥檚 darkest history with an unusual mix of playfulness and political seriousness.
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