Jul 3, 2009
The White Boy Shuffle: A Novel (Paperback)
Amazon.com Review
Poet Paul Beattys (Big Bank Take Little Bank) first novel is a colorful situation comedy about an unusual African-American’s search for his identity. Set within a dramatically caricatured ethnic and cultural landscape, Gunnar Kaufman is a street poet and basketball prodigy raised in predominantly white Santa Monica, whose father is a member of the LAPD. The Kaufmans come from a hilarious family line of groveling Uncle Toms, and as Gunnar faces varying degr (more…)
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don’t Waste Your Time
The White Boy Shuffle makes a statement about the power of one person to influence an entire society.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Couldnt put this book down.
A friend of mine gave me this book, she said I might like it. I can remember taking it home and not putting it down for 3 days.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too abstract for my tastes
Taken literally, this book is very bizarre. Interpretting the symbolism required a little more brain power than I wanted to put in with free-time reading.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Racial Stereotypes
Paul Beatty’s novel The White Boy Shuffle is about a young black boy who, after his mom feels that his growing up in “white” society is detrimental to his and his sisters racial…
4.0 out of 5 stars
American Society…stereotypes and labels
I’d heard of The White Boy Shuffle from fellow classmates, but hadn’t picked it up until I was required to read it for one of my college courses.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Life in Da Hood – More Complex Than Your Average Rap Video
The story details the life of a young boy who begins his life growing up “white” on the streets of Santa Monica until his Mom realizes he and his sisters are forsaking their…
4.0 out of 5 stars
The White Boy Shuffle
The novel The White Boy Shuffle is about an African American surfer named Gunnar Kaufman, this book starts when Gunnar is in the third grade and goes all the way to when he’s in…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Back then and Now
The book I’m reviewing is The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty. It’s a fictional tale about a boy’s life and how he changes in the course of his life.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The White Boy Shuffle: A Search for Self Identity
Paul Beatty’s White Boy Shuffle covers the gambit of Black American social issues. Young poet Gunnar Kauffman witnesses the inconsistent forms of racism: from the urban west…
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am Caucasian and feel included!
I found the novel White Boy Shuffle to be a witty novel that is aggressively satirical and parodies American values.