New People
From the bestselling author of Caucasia, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and manners in contemporary America.As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding....
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From the bestselling author of Caucasia, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and manners in contemporary America.As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, "King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom." T
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781594487095 (159448709X)
ASIN: 159448709X
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I was left wanting more from New People. It feels like it reaches high and often misses the mark. It's a book ostensibly about race, and especially focused on "new people" or those of us who don't fit neatly into one category of race, an ever-growing number of Americans. Within the book is an eponym...