Erasure

Name: Erasure
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by Percival Everett

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Erasure

by Percival Everett

1 rating • 1 review • 3 shelved

With sales at an all time low, your family falling apart, and your agent telling you you're not black enough, what's an author to do but write a ghetto novel and call it Fuck?

At once a savage satire on contemporary American culture and a profoundly moving story of family turmoil, Erasure marked the UK debut of a unique American voice and was rightly hailed as one of the most startling novels of recent times.

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ISBN10 0571215890
ISBN13 9780571215898
Publish Date 22 January 2004 (first published 1 August 2001)
Publish Status Active
Out of Print 11 October 2021
Publish Country GB
Imprint Faber & Faber

Edition Main
Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
Pages 304
Language English

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I enjoyed this. It takes a satirical look at the crass exploitation that has become mainstream modern black fiction and the mockery that the literary press has become. It is also about complexities of a family. Despite the bite of Erasure's main theme, there's also some real heart in the story.