We cast a shadow : a novel
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New York : One World, [2019].
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9780525509066, 0525509062, 9780525509073, 0525509070
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Published
New York : One World, [2019].
Format
Book
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324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780525509066, 0525509062, 9780525509073, 0525509070

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"In a near-future Southern city, everyone is talking about a new experimental medical procedure that boasts unprecedented success rates. In a society plagued by racism, segregation, and private prisons, this operation saves lives with a controversial method--by turning people white. Like any father, our unnamed narrator just wants the best for his son Nigel, a biracial boy whose black birthmark is getting bigger by the day. But in order to afford Nigel's whiteness operation, our narrator must make partner as one of the few black associates at his law firm, jumping through a series of increasingly absurd hoops--from diversity committees to plantation tours to equality activist groups--in a tragicomic quest to protect his son. This electrifying, suspenseful novel is, at once, a razor-sharp satire of surviving racism in America and a profoundly moving family story. In the tradition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, We Cast a Shadow fearlessly shines a light on the violence we inherit, and on the desperate things we do for the ones we love"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ruffin, M. C. (2019). We cast a shadow: a novel (First edition.). One World.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ruffin, Maurice Carlos. 2019. We Cast a Shadow: A Novel. One World.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ruffin, Maurice Carlos. We Cast a Shadow: A Novel One World, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ruffin, Maurice Carlos. We Cast a Shadow: A Novel First edition., One World, 2019.

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