''Askaripour''s satire of the tech industry . . . will appeal to fans of Paul Beatty''s Booker-prizewinning novel "The Sellout" and Jordan Peele''s film "Get Out"'' The Economist
''Mesmerizing. . . a high wire act full of verve and dark, comic energy.'' Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad
''I love this so much. It''s effortlessly funny, smart and satisfyingly self-aware'' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie
Meet Darren. An unambitious twenty-two-year-old living with his mother and working at Starbucks. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of NYC''s hottest tech startup, results in Darren joining Rhett''s elite sales team.
On his first day Darren realizes he is the only Black person in the company, and when things start to get strange, he reimagines himself as ''Buck'', a ruthless salesman, unrecognizable to his friends and family. Money, partyin
