{"product_id":"suder-isbn-9798217008469","title":"Suder","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow with a brilliant new package, a re-issue of the debut novel  by Percival Everett, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of National Book Award winner \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the middle of the season and the third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, Craig Suder, is in the midst of an inescapable slump. On top of that, his wife has been keeping her distance and Suder can’t shake the creeping fear that he might have inherited his mother’s insanity. That’s’ when his team suggests he might enjoy a little break.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat’s a man to do pack up the essentials—his record player, Charlie Parker’s “Ornithology,” and a saxophone—and hit the road? What ensues is the adventure of a lifetime. Haunted by his past as a young black boy in the South, and soon on the run from some  less-than-savory individuals, Suder soon finds himself in curious company—including a little white girl and a pet elephant. Epic, thrilling, and utterly alive, \u003ci\u003eSuder \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a whirlwind journey through the joys, the sorrows, and the madness that make up a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1983 by Louisianna State University Press, \u003ci\u003eSuder\u003c\/i\u003e marked the debut of an iconic American voice. Over the course of his five decade career, Everett has written over twenty five books and been shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize (for 2020’s \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e), twice longlisted for the Booker Prize, and the recipient of the 2024 National Book Award for the “genius” (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliantly imagined retelling of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e was a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and is being developed into film by Stephen Spielberg.\u003cb\u003ePraise for Percival Everett and \u003ci\u003eSuder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A mad work of comic genius, combining symbols and myths from ancients and moderns, white culture and black, juxtaposing heartbreaks with farce to make up a narrative that has never, never been told before.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] marvelous first novel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Very funny—sometimes excruciatingly so.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“God bless Percival Everett, whose dozens of idiosyncratic books demonstrate a majestic indifference to literary trends, the market, or his critics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Everett is a] prolific genius. . . . A literary jukebox.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Percival Everett [is] our current Great American Novelist. . . . Everett is one of the most, if not the most, interesting writers working today.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If the unexpected always happens in Everett’s individual novels, the variety across the work also astonishes.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Percival Everett is a giant of American letters.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Hernan Diaz, author of \u003ci\u003eTrust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of our culture’s preeminent novelists.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Percival Everett is an audacious, beguiling American master, whose wild trajectory has reached astonishing highs in the past decade.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan Lethem, author of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Everett] is a first-rate word wrangler.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Everett is one of the most unpredictable and original novelists working today.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Everett is a true American genius, a master artist.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Oprah Daily\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePERCIVAL EVERETT is a Distinguished Professor of English at USC, and the author of New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner \u003ci\u003eJames.\u003c\/i\u003e His other recent books include \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN\/ Jean Stein Book Award),\u003ci\u003e The Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction), \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eSo Much Blue, Erasure,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Sidney Poitier.\u003c\/i\u003e He has received the NBCC Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award and The Windham Campbell Prize from Yale University. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, the feature film based on his novel \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2023 and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. 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