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This just became one of my most prized books - Paul Beatty was the nicest, most approachable author I‘ve ever got a signed book from. He asked me about how I‘m finding looking for a new job and genuinely sounded like he wanted to know. Excuse me while I buy his complete works for everyone I‘ve ever met.

By far the best book I read in February.

This did not disappoint! It's going to stay in my head a long time, like The Sellout did. The beginning was slow, and almost made me put it down. But I'm glad I didn't, because then I was stuck, wondering what crazy thing was going to happen next. Beatty makes me blush, laugh, cringe, and think. I can't wait to read more from him.

Published 2006. Relevant as ever in 2017.

Next to read, and hopefully finish, before next weekend's readathon. I remember reading The Sellout feeling like I had gotten my hands on something I wasn't supposed to be reading. Hoping this one's just as good...

#septembowie #day4 - #letsdance

Think I wound up liking this one even more than The Sellout; the story's a bit more loose, so you get a greater focus on character over plot/concept. Not to say that the plot elements don't land, which they absolutely do.

#catchingup on #anditsaugust day #29 - #firstlineofcurrentread

Really enjoyed The Sellout last year, and while my reading of this one has been a bit less propulsive, I can't blame the quality of the writing.

#junetunz day 30 - #americankids

One I finish the Gombrowicz I'm halfway through, I'm gonna get back to reading this one.

Unrelated, the hammer was a gift from my Dad for when we get to work repairing the porch this summer.

Great read, wickedly funny. Felt like a companion to one of my absolute favourites: Oreo by Fran Ross.