John Crow's Devil Audiobook

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• “A powerful first novel...Writing with assurance and control, James uses his small-town drama to suggest the larger anguish of a postcolonial society struggling for its own identity.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “An astounding book...provocative and shocking, full of imaginative vim and stylistic vigor.”

  — ForeWord magazine

• “Set in James’ native Jamaica, this dynamic, vernacular debut sings of the fierce battle between two flawed preachers...Those eager for fire-and-brimstone lyricism will find this an exciting read.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Elements coalesce in a Jamaican stew spicier than jerk chicken. First novelist James moves effortlessly between lyrical patois and trenchant observations...It’s 150-proof literary rum guaranteed to intoxicate and enchant. Highly recommended.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• “A mesmerizing treatise on the nature of good and evil, faith and madness, guilt and forgiveness, eloquently captured in a microcosm of society.”

  — Booklist