
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE UK'S 2023 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
An Oprahâs Book Club Selection
From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young heroâs unforgettable journey to maturity.
"Demon is a voice for the agesâakin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfieldâonly even more resilient. Iâm crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. I think itâs her best.ââBeth Macy, author of Dopesick
âAn Appalachian David Copperfield. . . . Demon Copperhead reimagines Dickensâs story in a modern-day rural America contending with poverty and opioid addiction. . . . Like Dickens, she is unblushingly political and works on a sprawling scale...Episode by episode she persuasively conveys the mind of a teenage boy. . . . Itâs hard to think of another living novelist who could take a stab at Dickens and rise above the level of catastrophe.ââNew York Times
âAnyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.â
Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Itâs the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead fatherâs good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickensâ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they canât imagine leaving behind.
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WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE UK'S 2023 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
An Oprahâs Book Club Selection
From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young heroâs unforgettable journey to maturity.
"Demon is a voice for the agesâakin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfieldâonly even more resilient. Iâm crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. I think itâs her best.ââBeth Macy, author of Dopesick
âAn Appalachian David Copperfield. . . . Demon Copperhead reimagines Dickensâs story in a modern-day rural America contending with poverty and opioid addiction. . . . Like Dickens, she is unblushingly political and works on a sprawling scale...Episode by episode she persuasively conveys the mind of a teenage boy. . . . Itâs hard to think of another living novelist who could take a stab at Dickens and rise above the level of catastrophe.ââNew York Times
âAnyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.â
Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Itâs the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead fatherâs good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickensâ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they canât imagine leaving behind.
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WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE UK'S 2023 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
An Oprahâs Book Club Selection
From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young heroâs unforgettable journey to maturity.
"Demon is a voice for the agesâakin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfieldâonly even more resilient. Iâm crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. I think itâs her best.ââBeth Macy, author of Dopesick
âAn Appalachian David Copperfield. . . . Demon Copperhead reimagines Dickensâs story in a modern-day rural America contending with poverty and opioid addiction. . . . Like Dickens, she is unblushingly political and works on a sprawling scale...Episode by episode she persuasively conveys the mind of a teenage boy. . . . Itâs hard to think of another living novelist who could take a stab at Dickens and rise above the level of catastrophe.ââNew York Times
âAnyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.â
Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Itâs the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead fatherâs good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickensâ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they canât imagine leaving behind.











