A hilarious and scathing debut novel from the National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout.
In Paul Beatty's satirical coming-of-age novel, The White Boy Shuffle, Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward black surfer bum, 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."
"The White Boy Shuffle has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time." —Los Angeles Times
A bombastic and funny novel that deftly explores race, identity, and the complexities of growing up African American in Los Angeles, The White Boy Shuffle marks the impressive debut of one of America's most acclaimed and bestselling authors.