Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

“An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny.” —George Saunders   Trade paperback format. “An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny.” —George Saunders “Dark and captivating and essential . . . A call to arms and a condemnation . . . Read this book.” —Roxane Gay A National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree, chosen by Colson Whitehead Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for Best First Book A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America. From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women