Lewis Martin, a retired college professor, stumbles upon the body of a friend of his, Martin Aguilera, when he stops by his cabin for a quick visit. When he later returns with the sheriff, the body is no longer there and there is no real evidence...
Percival Everett’s blistering satire about race and writing, available again in paperback.
Thelonious "Monk" Ellison’s writing career has bottomed out: his latest manuscript has been rejected by seventeen publishers, which stings all...
Suder, Percival Everett's acclaimed first novel, follows the exploits and ordeals of Craig Suder, a struggling black third baseman for the Seattle Mariners. In the midst of a humiliating career slump and difficulties with his demanding wife and...
“Anything we take for granted, Mr. Everett means to show us, may turn out to be a lie.” —Wall Street Journal
A story inside a story inside a story. A man visits his aging father in a nursing home, where his father writes the novel he...