'Truly brilliant.'Los Angeles Review of Books 'A classic.'The Times 'A remarkable novel.'Wall Street Journal 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 . . . ?
Percival Everett is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and the author of thirty books, includingThe Water Cure,WoundedandI Am Not Sidney Poitier. Erasurewon the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.