{"product_id":"the-white-boy-shuffle-paperback","title":"The White Boy Shuffle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bombastic coming-of-age novel....\u003ci\u003eThe White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/i\u003e has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eTuff\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlumberland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e, and the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBig Bank Take Little Bank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoker, Joker, Deuce\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the editor of \u003ci\u003eHokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2016, he became the first American to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, he was the winner the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.3 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692638113855,"sku":"9781250808233","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e888613dc8da5d1e9041dc13db7207bc.webp?v=1764996083","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-white-boy-shuffle-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}