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The White Boy Shuffle
The White Boy Shuffle
paperback
Published:
1 September, 1996
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780749394950 |
| ISBN10 | 0749394951 |
| Number Of Pages | 248 |
| Item Weight | 280 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 22 x 194 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Paul Beatty's hip-hop epic never misses a beat in telling how a nerdy black kid from a white-bread neighbourhood becomes an infamous inner-city poet laureate, via an obligatory stint as a local basketball hero and some daredevilling as a member of the Gun Totin' Hooligans. Simultaneously hilarious and immensely moving, Beatty's Pynchonesque non sequiturs cascade with the seeming ease of an Armstrong trill New Yorker A blast of satirical heat from the talented heart of black American life... aimed almost as much at black self-delusion and revolutionary pretension as at the surrounding racism of white society... a rich, raucous, hilarious, overdone porridge full of the various ingredients of the daily absurdist American spectacle New York Times A thousand-miles-an-hour hoot Esquire A dazzling satire of the African-American urban experience -- Patrick Neate Guardian
Author's Bio
Paul Beatty is the author of the poetry collections Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce, and the novels Tuff and, most recently Slumberland. He lives in New York.