A review by jendella
Erasure by Percival Everett

4.0

A struggling black male author, frustrated with by the state of US publishing, the lack of interest in his high concept, dense novels, and his own money issues decides to write a stereotypical “ghetto” novel. The literary world falls other themselves to publish this work written under another name, but what does that mean for “art” and him as the “artist”? Lots of questions around the place of (or lack of place for) the black writer and intellectual.

This is an interesting and conceptual novel itself – very meta at points, but I think that’s the point! It was sharp-witted, funny and thought provoking and written with a kind of effortless skill. I can see why this is a regarded as a modern classic.