Description
A young Nigerian man, Furo Wariboko, wakes before a job interview to discover he has been transformed into a white man—complete with a new face, a new body, and the unsettling consequences of being read differently by everyone around him. Thrust into the fast-moving streets of Lagos, he scrambles to secure work and belonging while confronting the shifting rules of race, class, and credibility that follow him like a shadow. In a fierce, comic satire threaded with magical realism, the novel skewers social performance and code-switching, asking what identity really means when it can be reassigned by appearance. With sharp wit and a distinctly contemporary edge, A. Igoni Barrett turns metamorphosis into a provocative lens on prejudice, power, and the stories people tell to survive—and to be seen.
Available Editions
paperback
Graywolf Press
Published Jan 1, 2016
273 pages
ISBN: 9781555979263
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Details
First Published
2015
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett.