Bump, Gabriel

Bump’s novel might falter in its narrative cohesion, but Miles’s exceptional narration lends coherence and depth to this imaginative tale, which delves into issues of class, race, idealism, and community. For fans of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout.

With deft writing and rat-a-tat, laugh-until-you-gasp-at-the-implications dialog, Bump delivers a singular sense of growing up black that will resonate with readers. [See Prepub Alert, 7/1/19.]