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Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can’t escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won’t come off. As he struggles to fit in, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTunde’s father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde’s mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they’ve ever known.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut running away doesn’t bring her, or her children, any relief; once Tunde’s father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. 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In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, \u003ci\u003eA Particular Kind of Black Man \u003c\/i\u003eis “wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts.”  —\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Tope Folarin's \u003ci\u003eA Particular Kind of Black Man \u003c\/i\u003estopped me dead in my tracks and consumed my day in a helpless trance. One feels as if someone else's mirror has appeared, and the longer one stares into it, the more something reflected becomes...oneself. 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An energetic, accomplished debut.\"—\u003cb\u003eAngela Flournoy\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Turner House\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “This searing, powerful novel is a stunning debut by Tope Folarin, offering a look into the disorienting life of a first-generation Nigerian-American…Folarin has written a compelling, lyrical story about alienation and identity, the kind that sticks inside you long after you've finished reading.”—\u003cb\u003eNylon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Deeply observed and abundant with strange poetry, Folarin's novel charts a terrifying and radiant journey of growing up in an identity and family that is perpetually in flux. I tore through this book as if in a fever dream... its uncanny reality remained with me long after it was over.\"—\u003cb\u003eJenny Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSour Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “A young man grows up distanced from family, country and his beloved mother; so begins the attrition of his sense of self. In this emotionally evocative and immensely moving story, Tope Folarin shows how the need to belong lives first in the heart. By combining the immigrant’s tale with a coming-of-age story Folarin has brought new power to both narratives. 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The structure—fluid, slippery, a suspended chord in search of resolution--echoes the journey of the protagonist, and, indeed, of America.  In these brilliant, searing, heartbreaking and hopeful pages, Tope Folarin has given us a novel that many of us will revisit for years to come.\"—\u003cb\u003eJeffery Renard Allen\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSong of the Shank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRails Under My Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “In \u003ci\u003eA Particular King of Black Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Tope Folarin shows the deeply personal geography of migration, and the points on this map are shaped by the hopes and terrors that the mind conjures. 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