The hip break-out novel from 2016 Man Booker Prize winning author, Paul Beatty, about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger.

Hailed by theNew York Timesand theLos Angeles Timesas one of the best writers of his generation, Paul Beatty turns his creative eye to man’s search for meaning and identity in an increasingly chaotic world.

After creating the perfect beat, DJ Darky goes in search of Charles Stone, a little know avant-garde jazzman, to play over his sonic masterpiece. His quest brings him to a recently unified Berlin, where he stumbles through the city’s dreamy streets ruminating about race, sex, love, Teutonic gods, the prevent defense, and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic-and spiritual-other.

Ferocious, bombastic, and laugh-out-loud funny,Slumberlandis vintage Paul Beatty and belongs on the shelf next to Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and Junot Diaz.

Paul Beattyis author of the novels Slumberland, Tuff, The White Boy Shuffle, and The Sellout, which won the 2016 Man Booker Prize. He has also written the poetry collections Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce. He was the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City

• Publisher: Picador USA
• Publish Date:July 13, 2021
• Pages:256
• Dimensions:5.4 X 8.2 X 0.8 inches | 0.5 pounds
• Language:English
• Type:Paperback:
• EAN/UPC:9781250789419
• BISAC Categories: Humorous – General, Literary