PEOPLE LIKE US

People Like Us is Jason Mott s electric new novel It is not memoir yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason s life And while rooted in reality it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and don t let go from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt In People Like Us two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence One is on a global book tour after a big prize win the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting And as their two storylines merge truths and antics abound in equal measure characters drink booze out of an award trophy menaces lurk in the shadows tiny French cars putter around the countryside handguns seem to hover in the air and dreams endure against all odds People Like Us is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once It is an utter triumph bursting with larger than life characters who deliver a very real take on our world This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing it also is buoyed by riotous humor and characters who share the deepest love It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes delivering something utterly new y