{"product_id":"9780312280192","title":"The White Boy Shuffle : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Paul Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bombastic coming-of-age novel....\u003ci\u003eThe White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/i\u003e has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Beatty's hilarious and scathing debut novel is about Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward, black surfer bum who is moved by his mother from Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles. There, he begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighborhood outcast to basketball superstar, and eventually to reluctant messiah of a \"divided, downtrodden people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A bombastic coming-of-age novel . . . \u003ci\u003eThe White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/i\u003e has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time. Beatty mingles horrific reality with wild fancy without ever losing a grip on his story.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those novels of enormous energy and verbal dazzle . . . Mr. Beatty is a fertile and original writer, one to watch.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Laugh-out-loud funny and weep-in-silence sad . . . The language is always vibrant and alluring.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ferocious and funny and also streetwise.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312280192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594802737358,"sku":"9780312280192","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d8df59de-b7a1-4d75-b1d5-6541091ec7aa.jpg?v=1637818473","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312280192","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}