'Truly brilliant.' Los Angeles Review of Books

'A classic.' The Times

'A remarkable novel.' Wall Street Journal

** With a new foreword by Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life and Filthy Animals **

With your book sales at an all-time low, your family falling apart, and your agent telling you you're not black enough, what's an author to do? Thelonius 'Monk' Ellison has the answer. Or does he . . . ?

Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction

By Percival Everett