About this title: Gunnar is a cool black boy from white Santa Monica, whose mother moves the family to a black neighbourhood but fails to tell her children what this might entail. Gunnar believes he may not last beyond 13, so teaches himself to walk and talk like a homeboy and so maybe survive a little more easily.
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"Plus twenty million for a book set in LA!!! Pretty brilliant, clever, funny, etc. You should read it. But, wtf with a mail order bride, you know? Not cool even if it serves as a plot device for all this suicide nonsense. In general, I'm not that impressed with the portrayal of women."
"Beatty's style of writing could have easily turned me off after the first chapter. It's very, very, descriptive and metaphoric. He pulls it off beautifully, though. I laughed out loud several times, and was mostly shocked at how insightful Gunnar was. I grew up in Santa Monica and his description of that yuppie town and its failure at multicultural education was right on point. Great read."
"Simultaneously erudite and street smart. The author is well read and has a tremendous ear. I'm huge fans of the characters: Gunnar is genetically gifted yet clearly a product of his environment. Nick Scoby should have been my best friend. Ending up with Psycho Loco as a friend is the equivalent of having a tiger as a pet--constant protection at a cost of feeling constantly endangered. I read this at least once each year."
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