Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Faber & Faber, 2022)
Fiction
Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead is a strong contender for the prize (ISBN: 9780571376469, hardback), or for the paperback, (ISBN: 9780571376483, May 2023). The blurb describes this an epic story of Demon’s struggle to escape the life of poverty he is born into, a life where he craves affection and safety.