'Beatty insistently finds poetry in the projects, dignity on the street.' Guardian'Beatty's blunt, impious, streetwise eloquence [is] transfixing' New York Times'The writing here is seamless and teemi
A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times'The longer you stare at Beatty's pages, the smarter you'll get.' Guardian'The most bada
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'A thousand-miles-an-hour hoot.' Esquire'Hilarious...and immensely moving.' The New Yorker'A blast of satirical heat from the talented heart of black American life.' New York TimesWhite Boy Shuffle is
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 2016 Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award 2016 A biting satire about a young man’s isolated upbringing and the race trial
