The Trees

by Percival Everett

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
Winner of the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Finalist for the 2022 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Finalist for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award
Longlisted for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone

Percival Everett's The Trees is a page-turner that opens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164445064X
• ISBN13: 9781644450642
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Eye opener

This is an incredibly written book! It is not for everyone - for instance those who think that the U.S. is perfect as it is. It is written from the perspective of a man of color who has knowledge of the southern white culture and doesn't sugar coat it. It is written in a humorous way, although you ask yourself why you are laughing because the subject is not funny. It does revolve around the murder of those involved in the horrible (lies) death of Emmet Till and the anger that still exists due to that. It is written frlfor those who understand the song "Strange Fruit". An amazing book!