The instant New York Times bestseller'An unbelievable debut' New York TimesRacism, but "managed" through virtual reality Black Friday, except you die in a bargain-crazed throng Happiness, but pharmacological Love, despite everythingA Publisher's Weekly Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2018 Friday Black tackles urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explores the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In the first, unforgettable story of this collection, The Finkelstein Five, Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unstinting reckoning of the brutal prejudice of the US justice system. In Zimmer Land we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And Friday Black and How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all.Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary, Friday Black will appeal to people who love Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, the TV show Black Mirror, the work of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, and anyone looking for stories that speak to the world we live in now.'An excitement and a wonder' George Saunders'The writing in this outstanding collection will make you hurt and demand your hope' Roxane Gay'The fiction debut of the year. Bravo young man. We await your encore' Mary Karr
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Friday Black
The instant New York Times bestseller'An unbelievable debut' New York TimesRacism, but "managed" through virtual reality Black Friday, except you die in a bargain-crazed throng Happiness, but pharmacological Love, despite everythingA Publisher's Weekly Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2018 Friday Black tackles urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explores the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In the first, unforgettable story of this collection, The Finkelstein Five, Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unstinting reckoning of the brutal prejudice of the US justice system. In Zimmer Land we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And Friday Black and How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all.Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary, Friday Black will appeal to people who love Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, the TV show Black Mirror, the work of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, and anyone looking for stories that speak to the world we live in now.'An excitement and a wonder' George Saunders'The writing in this outstanding collection will make you hurt and demand your hope' Roxane Gay'The fiction debut of the year. Bravo young man. We await your encore' Mary Karr
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His style is very similiar to Kristen Roupenian's Stories in "Cat Person". Some of them are incredibly good, and some seem, to me, way too strange to understand the point of it.
This one was weird, odd and peculiar, just like a monkey dressed in a tuxedo eating a steak dinner at a fancy restaurant only to have his face smashed with a cream pie. I guess that's what it's like to read absurdist fiction. Debut short story writer Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, under the tutelage of George Saunders, delivers one of the oddest collection of tales I've read in a very long time. The titular piece is probably one of the best of the bunch. It is an indictment on our capitalistic culture and deleterious need for consumption. However, the opening piece, "The Finkelstein Five" flirts with greatness. It is a sharp, stinging satire about the gross miscarriages of justice in our judicial system. The themes—injustice, racism, consumerism, apathy and, yes!, even hope—are weaved into the fabric of these insightful, thought-provoking narratives about what happens when subtlety must be approached with the delicacy of a sledgehammer to the kneecap. I truly enjoyed reading this debut short story collection. Mr. Adjei-Brenyah's future, thanks in large part to his unmatched talent, is bright and limitless. That is all.