Tuff: A Novel - Brossura

Beatty, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385721110 ISBN 13: 9780385721110

Casa editrice: Anchor, 2001

Riassunto

The author of The White Boy Shuffle returns with a witty, unproarious comic novel about a nineteen-year-old kid who is bribed to run for city council by his mentor, an African-American rabbi named Spencer Jefferson. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[M]asterfully conceived and highly entertaining.... Richly textured and unforgettable.”–The Boston Globe

“[A]n extravagant, satirical cri de coeur from the inner city.... Tuff is a funny book, and Mr. Beatty’s blunt, impious, streetwise eloquence has a...transfixing power.”–The New York Times

“When Beatty writes, it’s not hard to pay attention.”–USA Today

L'autore:

Paul Beatty is the author of the novels Tuff, Slumberland, The White Boy Shuffle and the 2016 Man Booker Prize winner The Sellout, and the poetry collections Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce. He was the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City.

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• Editore: Anchor
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0385721110
• ISBN 13: 9780385721110
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272