Black Buck

Mateo Askaripour

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John Murray Publishers Ltd
12 April 2022

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

"'Askaripour's satire of the tech industry . . . will appeal to fans of Paul Beatty's Booker-prizewinning novel ""The Sellout"" and Jordan Peele's film ""Get Out""' The Economist

'Mesmerizing. . . a high wire act full of verve and dark, comic energy.' Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad

'I love this so much. It's effortlessly funny, smart and satisfyingly self-aware' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie

Meet Darren. An unambitious twenty-two-year-old living with his mother and working at Starbucks. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of NYC's hottest tech startup, results in Darren joining Rhett's elite sales team.

On his first day Darren realizes he is the only Black person in the company, and when things start to get strange, he reimagines himself as 'Buck', a ruthless salesman, unrecognizable to his friends and family. Money, partying, and fame soon follow Buck, and wherever he goes more is never enough. But when tragedy strikes at home, Buck begins to hatch a plan to help young people of colour infiltrate America's sales force, setting off a chain of events that forever changes the game.

An earnest work of satire, Black Buck is a hilarious, razor-sharp skewering of office culture; a propulsive, crackling debut that explores ambition and race, and makes way for a necessary new vision of the American dream.

'A crackling satire of corporate America' Guardian

'A wonderful, riotous romp. A razor sharp, humorous examination of American workplace dynamics in the tech industry' Irenosen Okojie"

By: Mateo Askaripour
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781529376746
ISBN 10: 1529376742
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 12 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MATEO ASKARIPOUR was a 2018 Rhode Island Writers Colony writer-in-residence, and his writing has appeared in Entrepreneur, Lit Hub, Catapult, The Rumpus, Medium, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, and his favorite pastimes include bingeing music videos and movie trailers, drinking yerba mate, and dancing in his apartment. Black Buck is his debut novel. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @AskMateo.

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Black Buck

Mateo Askaripour

$24.99

Paperback

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