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Blackass

by A Igoni Barrett

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2017 · Shortlist
Graywolf PressLiterary FictionISBN 9781555977337

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Debut Fiction)2017Shortlist

About This Book

Furo Wariboko, a young Nigerian man, wakes up one morning to find he has turned into a white man—except for his buttocks. A Kafkaesque satire of race, identity, and social mobility in contemporary Lagos. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction.

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