Adapted into the Oscar-nominated major motion picture, American Fiction. 'Truly brilliant. ' Los Angeles Review of Books'A classic. ' The Times'A remarkable novel. ' Wall Street Journal'Sublime ... brilliant, uproarious ... A wise novel about how we live. ' Brandon Taylor With your book sales at an all-time low, your family falling apart, and your agent telling you you're not black enough, what's an author to do? Thelonius 'Monk' Ellison has the answer. Or does he ... ? Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction'One of the most original and forceful novels to have emerged from America in years. ' TLS'A furious whirl of a book. It made me howl with laughter ... and rage, and sorrow, and affinity. ' Lisa McInerney'Seminal doesn't even come close. This novel is Everett at his finest, full of trademark protest, humanity and incisive humour, all wrapped up in one hell of a story. ' Courttia Newland'Hilarious... Everett is a first-rate word wrangler. ' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian