Damned If I Do
21 March 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Damned If I Do is a set of brilliantly postmodern short stories from Percival Everett, author of The Trees, Dr No and Erasure, now an Oscar-nominated film.
An artist, a cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen and even a reluctant romance novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An old man ends up in a high-speed chase with the cops...
Details
21 March 2024192 pages
9781035036431Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Rooted in a profound sense of rural place, [the stories in Damned If I Do] are original and subtle, canny and soulful – full, too, of sublimely sardonic humour. As for its characters, they’re so multidimensional that their ethnicity is but one item on a long list of expectation-dashing attributes.Guardian
It's hard to pigeonhole Percival Everett. Working between the traditions of the academy and the African American tall tale, he writes with a sharp satirical voicePlayboy
I think Percival Everett is a genius. He's a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him.Terry McMillan
Clever and thought-provoking, this is a memorable collectionPublishers Weekly
