Product Description: Thelonious Ellison is an erudite but seldom-read author who writes avant-garde fiction rather than more commercially successful "ghetto" prose. However, he relents, and his parody - "My Pafology" - receives a six-figure advance and Hollywood interest. It also threatens to change his life forever.
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Rating: - Experimental Fiction at its Fines
Not much more to say, really. A truly stunning and powerful book, that is far more genuine than it may seem -- art is the lie that tells the truth, after all.
Rating: - Mary Sue's got a new pair of shoes
Have you ever heard the term "Mary Sue?" It comes from fanfiction. It refers to a non-canon character -- a character who doesn't come from the already existing fictional world -- who acts as an author surrogate in the story. And not just any author surrogate, either. A Mary Sue is an act of wish-fulfillment on ... Read More
Rating: - An amazing work of literary criticism
I have got to think that Everett cringed when the New York Times Book Review praised his book as having addressed "the highly charged issue of being 'black enough' in America." As Monk says in the beginning of his story, race out of context is an empty concept, as is gender.
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