The White Boy Shuffle Author:Paul Beatty Paul 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 peopl... more »e."AUTHORBIO: Paul Beatty is the author of two novels, most recently, TUFF, and the books of poetry BIG BANK TAKE LITTLE BANK and JOKER, JOKER, DEUCE.He lives in New York City.« less
paul beatty hit a home run with this novel. the humor is at times caustic, but always well-written and true to the characters. It's an amazing work, hilarious at every turn of the page and almost lyrical in its prose.