by Paul Beatty
The winner of the 2016 Booker prize so I felt duty bound to give it a go.
I have to say it was very funnily written in places which is impressive given its subject matter is slavery and segregation and a look at racism in modern America.
The basic premise is that a black man has a slave (albeit not of his own doing) and also looks to implement segregation in his home neighbourhood with a view to improving the lot of black people.
Although the book was well written and comic I had trouble keeping up with some of the language and references back to American cultural items, so not my favourite on the shortlist but part of the fun of the shortlist is disagreeing with the judges. 6/10
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