The White Boy Shuffle
by Paul Beatty
The reluctant messiah refuses
you're suspicious of anyone who claims to have the answer
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Gunnar Kaufman is a Black surfer kid from Santa Monica who gets transplanted to the 'hood and accidentally becomes a poet and then a prophet — which he finds deeply stupid. Beatty's debut is a tour de force of satirical energy, laying waste to Black respectability politics, white liberal guilt, and the whole concept of the charismatic leader. Furious and hilarious in equal measure.
WHERE THIS BOOK LIVES
- Themes
- American MythmakingSatire & Absurdism
