Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
Unambitious Darren lives with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him live up to his potential as the valedictorian of Bronx Science. But Darren is content working at Starbucks, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother’s home-cooked meals. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of NYC’s hottest tech start-up, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team on the thirty-sixth floor.
- Last updated: September 8, 2023
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“This whole novel comes across like a brash, in-your-face sales pitch leavened with punchy, go-for-broke mother-wit.”
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“Mateo Askaripour’s ‘Black Buck’ is an irresistible comic novel about the tenacity of racism in corporate America”