Book · 2022 · Fiction
Demon Copperhead
A Novel
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Demon Copperhead was the only novel I read twice last year and I think that it is the rebuttal to all of the you know pseudo sentimental like Hil hbil elogy debate in terms of what really happened to the rural poor over the last 25 years.
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The best things said about it
And then a fourth fiction book that I loved this summer was is "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. I loved that book.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kings and and she wrote The Poisonwood Bible that's her most favorite famous book.
And I just read a book called Demon Copperhead by Barbara Consolver about Appalachia and that whole crisis with the Oxycottton.
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Why people recommend it
Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed novel Demon Copperhead is a contemporary reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield, set against the grim backdrop of the opioid crisis in modern-day Appalachia. The book has earned widespread praise and discussion among podcast hosts and guests alike for its unflinching portrayal of rural poverty and systemic neglect. Nadia Schadlow on The Ezra Klein Show recommended the fiction work as a summer highlight, a sentiment echoed by Suzanne Mettler, who offered the novel as her second book suggestion. Darrin Lind also championed the book on the same podcast, calling it the sole novel he read twice in a single year and describing it as a vital rebuttal to sentimental debates surrounding the rural poor over the previous twenty-five years. Dr. Gabor Maté brought up the novel on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, connecting it to Kingsolver's broader literary legacy. In a prison interview on Candace, Harvey Weinstein mentioned reading the novel to understand the Appalachian opioid crisis. On The Book Review, MJ Franklin utilized the book to anchor a dedicated episode discussion, while Gilbert Cruz reflected on its enduring popularity and noted its place among prominent recent releases despite mild recency bias on contemporary best-of lists.
Every mention
Darrin Lind demon Copperhead was the only novel I read twice last year and I think that it is the rebuttal to all of th… 1
“demon Copperhead was the only novel I read twice last year and I think that it is the rebuttal to all of the you know pseudo sentimental like Hil hbil elogy debate in terms of what really happened to the rural poor over the last 25 years”
Gabor Mate demon Copperhead by Barbara Kings and and she wrote The Poisonwood Bible that's her most favorite famous book 1
“demon Copperhead by Barbara Kings and and she wrote The Poisonwood Bible that's her most favorite famous book”
Nadia Schadlow And then a fourth fiction book that I loved this summer was is "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. I… 1
“And then a fourth fiction book that I loved this summer was is "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. I loved that book.”
Suzanne Mettler So my second choice is going to be a novel and that is Barbara King Solver's book Demon Copperhead. 1
“So my second choice is going to be a novel and that is Barbara King Solver's book Demon Copperhead.”
Gilbert Cruz although I think the one and I'd love to hear other people's opinions on this CU there is there's a slight… 2
“we're like why is demon Copperhead not on here”
“although I think the one and I'd love to hear other people's opinions on this CU there is there's a slight recency bias you'll see I wonder if demon Copperhead trust tomorrow and tomorrow there might be one or two others from the past two years”
Harvey Weinstein And I just read a book called Demon Copperhead by Barbara Consolver about Appalachia and that whole crisis… 1
“And I just read a book called Demon Copperhead by Barbara Consolver about Appalachia and that whole crisis with the Oxycottton.”
MJ Franklin I'm an editor here at the New York Times book review and this week we are chatting about demon Copperhead b… 1
“I'm an editor here at the New York Times book review and this week we are chatting about demon Copperhead by Barbara Kings solver”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“most recently she published Demon Copperhead which came out in 2022, won the 2023 Puliter Prize, and just like it was everywhere.”
“Trust by Hernan Diaz, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, and Stay True by Hua Hsu.”
“and Anna dueno The times's Newsroom head of audience who previously appeared on our book club episode discussing Barbara King Silver's demon Copperhead”
“this time around wasu stay true when the pulit for Memoir autobiography and for the first time two novels were awarded the Pulitzer for fiction trust by hernand Diaz and Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingo”
“I'm Gilbert Cruz and I'm now joined by nnan Diaz whose novel trust shared the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year alongside ber King Silver's demon copper hit”
“we've done James McBride's the Heaven and Earth grocery store Barbara King solver's demon Copperhead Dolly alderton's”
“we may have spoken about this in our demon Copperhead episode but like there is a tricky work with reimaginings with retellings”
“and I will say here as the disclaimer I always make you do not have to read David Copperfield before or after you read demon Copperhead”