{"product_id":"slumberland-paperback-2","title":"Slumberland - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hip break-out novel from 2016 Man Booker Prize winning author, Paul Beatty, about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best writers of his generation, Paul Beatty turns his creative eye to man's search for meaning and identity in an increasingly chaotic world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter creating the perfect beat, DJ Darky goes in search of Charles Stone, a little know avant-garde jazzman, to play over his sonic masterpiece. His quest brings him to a recently unified Berlin, where he stumbles through the city's dreamy streets ruminating about race, sex, love, Teutonic gods, the prevent defense, and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic-and spiritual-other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFerocious, bombastic, and laugh-out-loud funny, \u003ci\u003eSlumberland\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Paul Beatty and belongs on the shelf next to Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and Junot Diaz.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Beatty \u003c\/b\u003eis author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSlumberland, Tuff, The White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2016 Man Booker Prize\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBig Bank Take Little Bank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoker, Joker, Deuce.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHe was the editor of \u003ci\u003eHokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250501337337,"sku":"9781250789419","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VFcyT1NOK3ZQM2ZpVm5GMHFOVEF0Zz09_bfda0c71-1ef3-43fb-a3bd-fa71c13b5f1f.webp?v=1768660494","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/slumberland-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}