The White Boy Shuffle: From the Man Booker prize-winning author of The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The White Boy Shuffle: From the Man Booker prize-winning author of The Sellout

Paul Beatty

288 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

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White Boy Shuffle is Man Booker-winner Paul Beatty’s electrifying debut novel about teenage-surf-bum Gunnar Kaufman who is forced to wise up when his mother moves from suburban Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles. There, he begins to undergo a ...

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4.09
based on 914 reviews

Moods

funny: 90%

reflective: 59%

challenging: 58%

dark: 58%

emotional: 17%

adventurous: 14%

sad: 11%

lighthearted: 9%

inspiring: 8%

informative: 6%

tense: 6%

hopeful: 3%

mysterious: 1%

Pace

22% of readers chose fast
53% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
32% of readers chose A mix
60% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
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A mix
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Strong character development?

52% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
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Loveable characters?

45% of readers chose Yes
41% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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Diverse cast of characters?

92% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

44% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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