"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. Beatty mingles horrific reality with wild fancy without ever losing a grip on his story." –Los Angeles Times
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The White Boy Shuffle is one of those novels of enormous energy and verbal dazzle . . . Mr. Beatty is a fertile and original writer, one to watch." –
The New York Times "Laugh-out-loud funny and weep-in-silence sad . . . The language is always vibrant and alluring." –
The Nation "Ferocious and funny and also streetwise." –
The Boston Globe