"Poor people and God usually hand in hand because it's easier to explain why some people have so much and others have so little when there's a master plan."
Let's just say that "Black Buck" covers a lot of ground.
Mateo Askaripour pours three or four stories into this ambitious novel, and though the results can be mixed, the overall product is impossible to ignore.
The novel is at times laugh-out-loud funny, emotional, thought-provoking, ridiculous, and motivational.
"She swept her hand in front of me. 'You look like a Mormon, son.' I looked at my white short-sleeved button-up with two pens in the front pocket, black slacks with a black belt, and black leather shoes to match. Shit."
"It felt like the guy jumped inside my head, looked around, took a shit, and left."
Featuring a unique format, "Black Buck" is what happens when "The Firm" meets "Juice," and while the writing isn't overly sophisticated and the phrasing can be cheap and easy (" ... Like the earth only orbited the sun so it could see her from all angles."), Askaripour has created an important and worthwhile entry into contemporary conversations about diversity.
"What you are about to see if what happens when intuition overrides logic, which is the mark of any salesperson worth their salt. People buy based on emotion and justify with reason."
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