Mudbound

The Bellweather Prize is an award founded by Barbara Kingsolver to recognize works of social responsibility. Mudbound is one of the most harrowing novels I've read about life and racial tensions in the Deep South of the 1940s.

Each chapter is narrated by a different person. Written by a less gifted author this would have been a very scattered story. Every character in this book has his own unique voice, and therefore the story is very coherent and keeps the attention of the reader. This is a moving and wonderful book.

I should have a special category of books that keep me up past midnight when I have work the following day. If I ever do create such a category this book will be at the top of that list.