The riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 National Book Award winner and bestseller “Hell of a Book.”
A Cappella Books proudly welcomes National Book Award-winning author Jason Mott to the Inman Park Church Sanctuary for an evening celebrating his newest novel, “People Like Us.”
Tickets for this event are available at two tiers:
$33 — Includes admission for one and a signed copy of “People Like Us.”
$10 — Admission only; this ticket includes a $10 credit toward the purchase of the book at the event.
Please note: Tickets are non-refundable. If you cannot attend, your $33 bundled ticket still entitles you to a signed copy of the book (if applicable), which we will hold for one month following the event date. You may pick it up in-store or contact us to arrange shipping.
About the Book
“People Like Us” is Jason Mott’s electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason’s life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and don’t let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt.
In “People Like Us,” two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.
“People Like Us” is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once. It is an utter triumph bursting with larger-than-life characters who deliver a very real take on our world. This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing; it also is buoyed by riotous humor and characters who share the deepest love. It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes, delivering something utterly new yet instantly recognizable as a Jason Mott novel.
Finishing the novel will leave you absolutely breathless and, at the same time, utterly filled with joy for life, changed forever by characters who are people like us.
About the Author
Jason Mott has published four novels. His first novel, “The Returned,” was a New York Times bestseller and was turned into a TV series that ran for two seasons. He has a BFA in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction have appeared in various literary journals, and his most recent novel, “Hell of a Book,” was named the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2021.
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