- Published: 4 February 2020
- ISBN: 9780525509073
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $27.99
We Cast a Shadow
A Novel
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- Published: 4 February 2020
- ISBN: 9780525509073
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $27.99
"Love is at the core of this funny, beautiful novel [that] asks some of the most important questions fiction can ask, and it does so with energetic and acrobatic prose, hilarious wordplay and great heart. . . . We Cast a Shadow churns fresh beauty from old ugliness. . . . Read this book, and ask yourself: Is this the world you want?" Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, The New York Times Book Review "Stunning and audacious . . . at once a pitch-black comedy, a chilling horror story and an endlessly perceptive novel about the possible future of race in America. . . . He writes with a straight face, never in love with his own cleverness--there are echoes of Ralph Ellison's intelligent, unshowy prose." NPR "We Cast a Shadow is like a dispatch from the frontlines of the African-American psyche. Written with ruthless intelligence, it's the story of a father's love and how he tries to protect his son in a country that devours black lives through violence, incarceration, and poverty. . . . We Cast a Shadow soars on Ruffin's unerring vision." Renée Graham, The Boston Globe "A chilling, unforgettable cautionary tale, and one we should all read and heed." Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist