Blackass

by	A. Igoni Barrett

SKU: 9780099587446 Categories: Fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Satire Tags: african literature, an american marriage by tayari jones, an orchestra of minorities, best reads, bloomsbury modern classics, comedy, half of a yellow sun, half of a yellow sun by chimamanda ngozi adichie, homegoing by yaa gyasi, kindle. books, my sister the serial killer oyinkan braithwaite, my sister, the serial killer by oyinkan braithwaite, purple hibiscus by chimamanda ngozi adichie, social stories, stay with me ayobami adebayo, the bluest eye toni morrison, things fall apart chinua achebe, washington black esi edugyan

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‘A devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart…’ Marlon JamesWhite skin, green eyes, red hair… BLACKASSFuro Wariboko – born and bred in Lagos – wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster – except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, Furo’s ass remains robustly black . . .Funny, fierce, inventive and daringly provocative – this is a very modern satire, with a sting in the tail.

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Weight	0.191 kg
Dimensions	1.7 × 13 × 19.7 cm
by	A. Igoni Barrett
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	272
Publisher	Random House
Year Published	2022-4-21
Imprint	Vintage
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	0099587440
About The Author	A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.
	With this hilarious, nail-pointed satire, a devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart, Barrett joins the ranks of the great tricksters: Alain Mabanckou, Joseph Heller and Charles Johnson
Other text	It is the funniest, most engaging badass book I’ve read in years. You should read this book and enjoy freshly minted scintillating prose rioting with each other – it is a lush canvas of ideas, humor and vision. Blackass is fresh, contemporary writing without even trying; this is how fiction should be written in the 21st century.

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