We Cast a Shadow

There's more to this story than a father who wants to protect his son from racial profiling. The main character lives in a world that encourages his self-loathing, and his estrangement from his son mirrors his own problems with his father. It's easy for me to want to shout at him to let his son live his life, but I know that I can't truly know what's in his mind. As a former partner in a big law firm, I enjoyed the satire of intrafirm politics. I'm looking forward to discussing this book with my book club.

I cannot believe that no one is talking about this book. It needs to be featured on every blog, on the cover of every lit mag.
It is magic. From the opening chapter I was, in turns: horrified, mesmerized, charmed and very impressed. I don't want to say too much, as I went in cold and I think it just elevated the experience for me. I agree with the comparisons to Kafka, but what kept popping into my mind as I was reading was a comparison to Pulp Fiction. Short, vignettes of action in each chapter, some in the timeline of the plot-others in the past. I mean the style of Pulp Fiction, We Cast a Shadow is not similar in plot or violence level.

There would be a WTF? moment and then the chapter would end and the story would be somewhere else, without me for awhile. I would read faster to catch up, or question how reliable my narrator was.

Pure shallowness: This is one of the best looking book covers I have seen in years. Just gorgeous! I try never to just a book by how the cover is designed, but credit is due to Rodrigo Corral Design because DAMN!
Also, a note, I listened to some of the book on audio and it was read by my favorite narrator Dion Graham. I hadn't known when I ordered it.