I just received pic related as a gift so I feel obligated to

HOL UP

Read it and come up with your own opinion.

>>9961693
I'm going to read it regardless as it was a gift, I guess I was just sort of hoping you might dispel my negative predisposition. /lit/ is the only place I can trust to be honest about these sort of issues. Critics and prize bodies are compromised by agenda

>>9961684
It seems a bit like "magic realism" - probably not the right genre - in that it's a bit of out-there fiction put in an otherwise mundane or depressing setting. Give it a go, I was gonna get it at the airport but didn't want to scoop out the dosh because I'd just bought too many books.

>>9961684
>>9961721

Are you seriously coming to /lit/ to "dispel predisposition" towards a book, by a black man nonetheless? you're either shitposting, naive, or attracting to circlejerk with your /pol/ friends. fucking read it and see for yourself.

>>9961721
Are you a newfag or a sperg? Just read the fucking book.

>>9962070
he's a newsperg
a sperfag
what

it seems like an interesting enough concept and I feel like there must be some sort of twist that connects it to the modern day

>>9961684
>Won a bunch of prizes
>That supposedly means it might be at least well-written enough that it somewhat transcends the oppression porn genre
I think you know the answer to your own question OP but keep wasting your time with poison like this book.