Assumption, A Novel

Resumen del libro

Ogden Walker, deputy sheriff of a small New Mexico town, is on the trail of an old woman's murderer. But at the crime scene, his are the only footprints leading up to and away from her door. Something is amiss, and even his mother knows it. As other cases pile up, Ogden gives chase, pursuing flimsy leads for even flimsier reasons. His hunt leads him from the seamier side of Denver to a hippie commune as he seeks the puzzling solution.

In Assumption, his follow-up to the wickedly funny I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Percival Everett is in top form as he once again upends our expectations about characters, plot, race, and meaning. A wild ride to the heart of a baffling mystery, Assumption is a literary thriller like no other.

Biografía del autor

Percival Everett es uno de los autores más prestigiosos de los Estados Unidos. Ha escrito unos treinta libros. Nació en 1956 en Georgia (EE.UU.) Estudió Filosofía y es profesor de universidad. La mezcla entre la profundidad de pensamiento y humor salvaje lo convierte en una voz única. El punto de vista de sus novelas descoloca al lector y le hace consciente de lo absurdo del racismo. Ha recibido el premio Hurston/Wright Legacy y el premio del Pen Club de Estados Unidos. Ha sido finalista del Booker Prize por "Los árboles" y finalista del premio Pulitzer en 2021.