Percival Everett is the author of several novels, including Glyph, Frenzy, and God\'s Country ; two story collections; and a children\'s book.
A mad work of comic genius, combining symbols and myths from ancients and moderns, white culture and black, juxtaposing heartbreaks with farce to make up a narrative that has never, never been told before.--Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times Book Review [A] marvelous first novel.-- New York Times Book Review Very funny--sometimes excruciatingly so.-- Publishers Weekly Who could meld baseball and jazz with the most wistful male myth of all--the Icarus myth--remembering that Daedalus really did do it: He flew.-- Los Angeles Times Book Review.
He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and an accomplished painter.
Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he now lives in Moreno Valley, California.
Percival Everett is the author of several novels, including Glyph, Frenzy, and God\'s Country ; two story collections; and a children\'s book
