Joker, Joker, Deuce

by Paul Beatty and Cleo Qian

Book Overview

An electrifying collection of poems from the author of The Sellout , winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize Originally published in 1994, Paul Beatty's second volume of poetry won praise for the way it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140587233
• ISBN13: 9780140587234
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Laughed So Hard, I cried.

One Word: hilarious. This is my favorite poetry book of all time. If you like Aaron McGruder's "Boondocks" comic strip, you should like this. If you're not a poetry person, Beatty's "The White Boy Shuffle" may be more to your liking. On another note, instead of buying the book or the collection of poems, try renting them from your local library.

Read and re-read, Beatty brings cadence to societal chaos.

These poems are what happens when you mix the raw straight forwardness of hip-hop flows with literary prose. Joker, Joker, Deuce grabs the reader because it hasn't been said like this before. My personal favorite "That's Not in My Job Description" is a biting look at how integration and expected assimilation can make the workplace a danger zone. His use of present historical references gives this book a foothold on pop culture from the dawn of the Old school to the age of the Now school.