Demon Copperhead: A Novel

Demon Copperhead: A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver

4.6 (152,035)

4.6 stars from 152,035 reviews. One of the highest rated Historical Fiction books we track.

560 pages~9.3 hr readPublished by Faber & Faber, LimitedPublished 2022-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

  • You grew up poor or in overlooked communities and recognise yourself in stories that don't condescend or sentimentalise hardship.
  • You loved Huck Finn or loved hating the adults in those coming-of-age classics, and want a modern equivalent with real teeth.
  • You read for prose that's both funny and devastating, told in a narrator's voice so distinctive you hear him in your head long after finishing.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You prefer plot-driven stories where good things happen to good people and the arc trends upward—this one breaks you repeatedly and doesn't always fix what it breaks.
  • You want escapism or fantasy; this is unflinching contemporary realism set in Appalachia's worst systems: foster care, addiction, exploitation.
  • You're looking for a quick, light read—560 pages of dense, emotionally taxing prose demands your full attention.

About this book

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead follows a boy born to a teenage single mother in a trailer, inheriting only his deceased father's good looks, copper-colored hair, sharp wit, and survival instincts. Told in his own voice, Demon navigates foster care, child labor, failing schools, athletic achievement, addiction, failed relationships, and significant losses while confronting his invisibility in a culture that has abandoned rural communities. Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, transposes Charles Dickens' David Copperfield—written from Dickens' own experience surviving institutional poverty—to contemporary America. Like Dickens, Kingsolver draws on anger and compassion, and faith in storytelling's power to transform. The novel speaks to a new generation of marginalized youth in economically struggling regions.

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