![]() ![]() The darker Nigel becomes, the more frightened his father feels. ![]() Like any father, our narrator just wants the best for his son, Nigel, a biracial boy whose black birthmark is getting bigger by the day. In this near-future Southern city plagued by fenced-in ghettos and police violence, more and more residents are turning to this experimental medical procedure. A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body-if you can afford it. Nzinga’s clinic, where anyone can get their lips thinned, their skin bleached, and their nose narrowed. “ You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before.” This is the seductive promise of Dr. ![]() ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE WASHINGTON POST.LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD, AND THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD at once a pitch-black comedy, a chilling horror story and an endlessly perceptive novel about the possible future of race in America.”-NPR “An incisive and necessary” (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, about a father’s obsessive quest to protect his son-even if it means turning him white ![]()
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