![An ereader displaying the cover of The Trees by Percival Everett. The cover shows title rendered in bold yellow letters over a dark blue background with small text in light blue which is a list of names. And doing a web search for those names reveals them to be the victims of racially motivated crimes.](https://accipiterf1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dscn7235.jpg?w=768)
Everett weaponizes cliches, rotates through genres in ways that never allows the reader a solid footing, and hits hard with black humor all in a book dedicated to asking the reader why the long and ongoing history of racial violence in America is allowed to constantly be swept under rug. And it’s a damn good question. Great book. Everett is quickly becoming a favorite author.
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