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A New York Times Bestseller 
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize

“Askaripour closes the deal on the first page of this mesmerizing novel, executing a high wire act full of verve and dark, comic energy.”
—Colson Whitehead, author of The Nickel Boys

“A hilarious, gleaming satire as radiant as its author. Askaripour has announced himself as a major talent of the school of Ralph Ellison, Paul Beatty, Fran Ross, and Ishmael Reed. Full of quick pacing, frenetic energy, absurd—yet spot on—twists and turns, and some of the funniest similes I’ve ever read, this novel is both balm and bomb.”
—Nafissa Thompson-Spires, author of Heads of the Colored People

For fans of Sorry to Bother You and The Wolf of Wall Street—a crackling, satirical d

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      Publisher: Mariner Books
      Publication Date: 18/01/2022
      ISBN13: 9780358627982, 978-0358627982
      ISBN10: 0358627982

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A New York Times Bestseller 
      A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
      Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize

      “Askaripour closes the deal on the first page of this mesmerizing novel, executing a high wire act full of verve and dark, comic energy.”
      —Colson Whitehead, author of The Nickel Boys

      “A hilarious, gleaming satire as radiant as its author. Askaripour has announced himself as a major talent of the school of Ralph Ellison, Paul Beatty, Fran Ross, and Ishmael Reed. Full of quick pacing, frenetic energy, absurd—yet spot on—twists and turns, and some of the funniest similes I’ve ever read, this novel is both balm and bomb.”
      —Nafissa Thompson-Spires, author of Heads of the Colored People

      For fans of Sorry to Bother You and The Wolf of Wall Street—a crackling, satirical d

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