John Crow's Devil
by James, Marlon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1888451823
- ISBN 13
- 9781888451825
- Seller
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San Jose, California, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Seller
- South Slope Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 17
- Title
- John Crow's Devil
- Author
- James, Marlon
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1888451823
- ISBN 13
- 9781888451825
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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