Giveaway: The Dubious Salvation of Jack V.
I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I’m excited about The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. by Jacques Strauss, and I’m thrilled that Farrar, Straus and Giroux is allowing me to give a copy to one lucky reader. The book is getting great reviews and sounds wonderful to me. Here’s the publisher’s summary:
Jack Viljee’s hometown of Johannesburg is still divided by apartheid, though the old order is starting to crumble. According to eleven-year-old Jack, the world is a rational and simple place. But if life doesn’t conform to Jack’s expectations, there is always the sympathy and approval of the family’s maid to console him. Not that Susie is a pushover. She believes violence, of the nondisfiguring variety, is a healthy form of affection—hence her not infrequent expression “Jack, I love you so much. I will hit you.” Jack himself is not above socking his best friend in the eye or scamming his little sister into picking up the dog mess. The Viljee household, in its small way, mirrors the politics of the country.
This noisy domesticity is upset by the arrival of Susie’s fifteen-year-old son. Percy is bored, idle, and full of rage. When Percy catches Jack in an indelibly shameful moment, Jack learns that the smallest act of revenge has consequences beyond his imagining. The world, it turns out, is not so simple.
Subversively smart and unapologetically funny, clever and a little dangerous, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. explores the cost of forgiveness. It is a powerful debut from a fearlessly original voice.
Here’s one of the book’s trailers:
To enter to win THE DUBIOUS SALVATION OF JACK V. by Jacques Strauss, simply fill out the entry form. Contest is open for those in the US or Canada. I will use random.org to determine the winner. Contest ends at midnight EST Thursday, September 22, 2011. Winners will be announced on Friday, September 23, 2011. Comments are welcome (and appreciated) but will not get you an entry in the contest.
I have a copy of this and featured it on a recent “starting from page 1″ feature. I hope you get tons of takers for this novel. I have high hopes for it.
Ooh, thanks for the awesome giveaway! The book sounds really interesting and also very funny!
This sounds like a fabulous book!
I entered, it sounds interesting. The cover, not so much.
I know.. That is a really unappealing cover for what appears to be an amazing book!!!
I like the little video clip you included…but I have to agree with Patty that the cover leaves much to be desired.
I haven’t heard of this book, it does sound intriguing. I love the trailer.
I haven’t heard of this book, but it does sound interesting. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’ve GOT to check this one out! The trailers are really funny, but I think there’s more to it than humor. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!