Long Division

Kiese Laymon

earliest edition we have, 2013 Scribner, 2021 hardcover 304 pages

Kiese Laymon's debut novel is a Twain-esque exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in Post-Katrina Mississippi, written in a voice that's alternately funny, lacerating, and wise. The book contains two interwoven stories. In the first, it's 2013: after an on-stage meltdown during a nationally televised quiz contest, 14-year-old Citoyen "City" Coldson becomes an overnight YouTube ce...

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Editions we hold

Long Division paperback · 2021 · Scribner · 304 pages · 9781982174828
Long Division hardcover · 2021 · Scribner · 304 pages · 9781982177362
Long Division edition · 2021 · Scribner · 304 pages · 9781982174835
Long Division audiobook · 2014 · Tantor Media Inc · 9781467670234
Long Division edition · 2013 · Agate Bolden · 276 pages · 9781932841725
Long Division edition · 2013 · Agate Publishing, Incorporated · 9781572847187
Long Division audiobook · 2013 · Tantor Audio · 9781452667027
Long Division edition · 2013 · Agate Publishing, Incorporated · 9781306444569

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