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From Paul Beatty, the author of the Man Booker Prize winner The Sellout, comes Tuff, a novel as fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays.
Age nineteen and weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston 'Tuffy' Foshay is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of earning millions from his idea for Cap'n Crunch: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito. His best friend is a disabled Muslim who wants to rob banks, his guiding light is an ex-hippie Asian woman who worked for Malcolm X, and he married his wife, Yolanda, over the phone from jail. He's funny and fierce, frustrated and feared. And when Tuff decides to run for City Council, this dazzling novel goes from astoundingly funny to acerbically sublime. By turns profound and irreverent, and populated with a hilarious supporting cast, Paul Beatty's Tuff is satire atProdukt Tuff (Beatty Paul)(Paperback) popisuje EAN kód 9781250788337.
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EAN | 9781250788337 |
From Paul Beatty, the author of the Man Booker Prize winner The Sellout, comes Tuff, a novel as fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays. Age nineteen and weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston 'Tuffy' Foshay is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his
Winner of the 2016 Man Booker PrizeWinner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionNamed one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the
Satirická tradice v americké černošské literatuře je dlouhá snad stejně jako otroctví samo. V románu Zaprodanec si nemilosrdného humoru směřujícího do řad bělochů i černochů užijeme do sytosti. Hned na prvních stránkách sedí hlavní hrdina v zasedací síni Nejvyššího
A bombastic coming-of-age novel....The White Boy Shuffle has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time.--Los Angeles Times The first novel from National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout Paul Beatty's hilarious and scathing
'An unforgettable debut' Paul Beatty, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout'Zalika Reid-Benta announces herself as an enormous voice for the coming decade (and one that is desperately needed)' Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love
From #1 New York Times best-selling author Robert Beatty comes a thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk under
Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he
Young pony fans everywhere will be hooked on this fantastic new series from Olivia Tuffin. Beautifully illustrated throughout, each story follows a different girl and the pony she's paired with during their stay at pony club. Poppy can't wait to start pony club and ride beautiful Silver
Pouzdro na čtečku knih Tuff-Luv Sleek S1L bílé - pro Amazon Kindle 4 / 5 - pouzdro, stojánek:Berete si čtečku knih všude s sebou a nechcete, aby se snadno poškodila? Tuff-Luv Sleek S1L bílé - pro Amazon Kindle 4 / 5 - pouzdro, stojánek bude tou pravou ochranou proti rozbití i
Pouzdro na čtečku knih Tuff-Luv Sleek S2L zelené - pro Amazon Kindle 4 / 5 - pouzdro, stojánek:Berete si čtečku knih vždy, když někam jdete a chcete, aby byla chráněna před případným poškozením? Tuff-Luv Sleek S2L zelené - pro Amazon Kindle 4 / 5 - pouzdro, stojánek se postará o
'An unforgettable debut' Paul Beatty, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout'Zalika Reid-Benta announces herself as an enormous voice for the coming decade (and one that is desperately needed)' Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love
Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain by Ed Douglas and John Beatty is a celebration of a northern English mountain and our role in its creation. In this unique collaboration they reveal the social, political, cultural and ecological developments that have shaped the physical and human landscape of
In the middle of her life, a writer finds herself in a dark wood, despairing at how modern Britain has become a place of such greed and indifference. In an attempt to understand her country and her species, she and her lover rent a busted-out van and journey through France and down to the
Emotional Worlds is the first anthropological work in a generation to reconsider the nature of emotion, a preoccupation of our age. Adopting a narrative approach, it explores cultural worlds from the intimate perspective of the emotional life, showing how emotions tell a story, shaping lives,
Georgia is fantastically excited to be competing at Olympia! It's like a dream come true, and she's really looking forward to it. Especially the Parade at the end, where she can show off her gorgeous little palomino, Lily, to the
Minksy, Gladys, Beatty, Joan, Girl Walker. While the men were at war, these women ruled the streets of the East End. Brought up with firm hand in the steaming slums and teeming tenements, they struggled against poverty to survive, and fought for their community in our country's darkest hours.But