John Crow's Devil
Marlon James
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
3.71
· 14 ratings · 236 pages · Published: 01 Sep 2005
In the village of Gibbeah--where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives--magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. In this town, a battle is fought between two men of God. The story begins when a drunkard named Hector Bligh (the "Rum Preacher") is dragged from his pulpit by a man calling himself "Apostle" York. Handsome and brash, York demands a fire-and-brimstone church, but sets in motion a phenomenal and deadly struggle for the soul of Gibbeah itself. John Crow's Devil is a novel about religious mania, redemption, sexual obsession, and the eternal struggle inside all of us between the righteous and the wicked.
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- fantasy 4
- historical 3
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- magical realism 3
- literary fiction 3
- horror 3
- religion 3
- on the move 2
- supernatural 2
- gothic 2
- protagonists of colour 2
- lgbtq+ 1
- mystery 1
- spirituality 1
- action / adventure 1
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