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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 Times

White Boy Shuffle is Man Booker-winner Paul Beatty's electrifying debut novel about teenage-surf-bum Gunnar Kaufman who is forced to wise up when his mother…

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