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The White Boy Shuffle: A Novel

The White Boy Shuffle: A Novel in Bloomington, MN
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"A bombastic coming-of-age novel....
The White Boy Shuffle
has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time."
Los Angeles Times
The first novel from National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of
The Sellout
Paul 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."
The White Boy Shuffle
has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time."
Los Angeles Times
The first novel from National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of
The Sellout
Paul 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."