Black Buck

Askaripour closes the deal on the first page * Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad * Black Buck is as funny as it is smart * Candice Carty Williams * A satire about race, work, ambition and power, it's sharp and hilarious. . . Different and fabulous * Daily Mail * A wonderful, riotous romp * Irenosen Okojie * Askaripour's satire of the tech industry-and of the intersection between capitalism and American racial politics-will appeal to fans of Paul Beatty's Booker-prizewinning novel The Sellout and Jordan Peele's film Get Out * The Economist * A crackling satire of corporate America, it has been compared to other classics of the genre Sorry to Bother You by Boots Riley and Jordan Belfort's The Wolf of Wall Street' * Guardian * Different and fabulous * Daily Mail * Energetic . . . Black Buck boasts a brisk pace, ebullient narrator and an inspirational tone * TLS * An entertaining read with much to say about race relations * Daily Express * Sharp, clever and often hilarious * New York Post * Fast-paced, energetic and confident * The Big Issue * An irresistible comic novel * Washington Post * Rhapsodic and incisive * WIRED * Razor-sharp * Vanity Fair * Darkly comic * NPR * Blazing . . . A fast-paced, sharp, hilarious story with a lot of heart. * Buzzfeed * Askaripour wields a sharp satirical blade to deliver social commentary . . . He may have written the first satire that doubles as self-help * Los Angeles Times * This quick-witted, trenchant debut novel starts like a superhero origin story . . . What follows is a harrowing tale that operates at the fraught intersection of capitalism, race, and class * Vulture *