Long Division: A Novel by Kiese Laymon PAPERBACK 9781982174828

Simon & Schuster

From Kiese Laymon, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Heavy, comes a \u201Cfunny, astute, searching\u201D (The Wall Street Journal) debut novel about Black teenagers that is a satirical exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in post-Katrina Mississippi. \nWritten in a voice that\u2019s alternately humorous, lacerating, and wise, Long Division features two interwoven stories. In the first, it\u2019s 2013: after an on-stage meltdown during a nationally televised quiz contest, fourteen-year-old Citoyen \u201CCity\u201D Coldson becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity. The next day, he\u2019s sent to stay with his grandmother in the small coastal community of Melahatchie, where a young girl named Baize Shephard has recently disappeared.\n Before leaving, City is given a strange book\n\nLong Division\nA Novel\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note ;