Her entry begins:
I just finished Great Black Hope, by Rob Franklin, and loved it. It’s paced how the most relaxing part of summer feels, languid as our narrator drifts into more and more situations that cause him trouble. I also loved the book because it asks the fundamental question of how Black people deal with the fact that our Americanness is often conditional, and dependent on how much we subsume ourselves into the dominant culture, and how unsatisfying it can be to shoehorn ourselves into the sort of...[read on]About The Payback, from the publisher:
When Jada Williams is relentlessly pursued by the Debt Police, she is left with no choice but to take down her student loan company with the help of two mall coworkers—from the author of the “lethally witty” (The New York Times Book Review) The Survivalists.Visit Kashana Cauley's website.
Jada Williams is good at judging people by their looks. From across the mall, she can tell not only someone’s inseam and pants size, but exactlywhat style they need to transform their life. Too bad she’s no longer using this superpower as a wardrobe designer to Hollywood stars, but for minimum wage plus commission at the Glendale mall.
When Jada is fired yet again, she is forced to outrun the newly instated Debt Police who are out for blood. But Jada, like any great antihero, is not going to wait for the cops to come kick her around. With the help of two other debt-burdened mall coworkers, she hatches a plan for revenge. Together the three women plan a heist to erase their student loans forever and get back at the system that promised them everything and then tried to take it back.
“A novel of great fun and unforgettable fury” (Megha Majumdar, bestselling author of A Burning) The Payback is a razor-sharp and hilarious dissection of race, power, and the daily grind, from one of the most original and exciting writers at work today.
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--Marshal Zeringue
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