Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver: Episode 13

Episode 13

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Demon and Dori have had life-changing news, while Demon's friend Emmy has gone missing.

While Demon and Dori come to terms with their life-changing news, childhood friend Emmy has been abandoned in a city drug den by lover Fast Forward.
Read by Carl Prekopp

Damon 'Demon' Copperhead is a good-hearted boy with the misfortune to be born into a broken society. As Demon battles through foster care, child labour and a dysfunctional education system, Barbara Kingsolver leavens her righteous anger with compassion for a glorious cast of characters in this epic tale of love, loss and community.

While Demon and Dori come to terms with their life-changing news, his childhood friend Emmy has been abandoned in a city drug den by lover Fast Forward. 

Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield' is reimagined for the modern age by Barbara Kingsolver, one of our best-loved novelists, in this compelling and atmospheric tale of redemption. Kingsolver is the prize-winning author of novels, essays, poetry and journalism. Her books include 'The Poisonwood Bible', 'The Lacuna' and 'Unsheltered' and she established the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, America's largest prize for an unpublished first novel.

Read by Carl Prekopp
Written by Barbara Kingsolver
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

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