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Paul Beatty's eponymous protagonist, Tuffy, wouldn't seem the type to sidle up too close to the word adorable. At 300 pounds, this thug is a true heavyweight in his East Harlem neighborhood. He robs, he kills, he gets high. But by the end of Beatty's follow-up to The White Boy Shuffle, he is as complexly drawn, as funny, and as lovable as any character in recent memory. The author torques his man into an uncomfortable position: this mighty rose in Spanish Harlem decides to run for City Council. Tuffy--a.k.a. Winston Foshay--is having a tough time of it. Sick of selling drugs and "regulating" neighborhood scams, he wants a better way to support his wife and baby son. His first solution is to get himself a Big Brother (even though he's 22 years old). With the help of his new Brother--who turns out to be the rabbi Spencer Throckmorton, a Jewish black man who receives no end of torment from the Muslim contingent of Tuffy's crew--Tuffy runs.
Beatty nails the social nuances of East Harlem right down to the ground. When Tuffy acquires a gun, he considers telling his best friend Fariq about it, but "decided against it. Once people knew you had a gun, it was like having a car--everyone begging to borrow it, wanting you to use it to make their lives easier." Beatty locates irony constantly and quietly: Tuffy and his wife, Yolanda, go to the local school to vote, and the "flag over the entrance was flying at half-mast because the pulleys had rusted shut." Beatty also has a great eye for the way people move; this is a writer who has been paying attention. Spencer takes a late-night walk with Tuffy, through East Harlem. A group of teens approaches, frightening Spencer.
The boisterous youths were only two steps away from him--so close he could feel the chill emanating off their ice-cold scowls. Winston walked toward the group, reached out, and, without breaking stride, shook the hand of the lead gargoyle.
And throughout, Beatty writes--records, it sometimes seems, so dead-on is his tone--incredibly funny dialogue. As is only right, he saves all the best lines for Tuffy. In order to better understand Spencer's Jewishness, Tuffy, a film buff, rents Schindler's List. He complains to Spencer: "I mean, the movie was terrible. I couldn't get past that there were no Jews as tall as Schindler. In all of Germany the tallest Jew went up to Schindler's belly button?" And this is the final, trumping pleasure of Beatty's book: it always returns to Tuffy. With its broad portrait of a fish out of water and its wicked, satirical tone, the novel sometimes threatens to careen into Tom Wolfe territory. Beatty wisely reins in and concentrates on his hero. The author seems a little in love with Tuffy, and by the end, we are too. --Claire Dederer
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As fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays,
Tuff shows off all of the amazing skill that Paul Beatty showed off in his first novel,
The White Boy Shuffle.
Weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston “Tuffy” Foshay, is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of millions from his idea Cap’n Crunch: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito. His best friend is a disabled Muslim who wants to rob banks, his guiding light is an ex-hippie Asian woman who worked for Malcolm X, and his wife, Yolanda, he married from jail over the phone. Shrewdly comical as this dazzling novel is, it turns acerbically sublime when the frustrated Tuffy agrees to run for City Council. Smartly irreverent and edgily fierce,
Tuff is a bona fide original.
Customer Reviews:
Get over it.......2005-06-10
This is a really complex book I wouldn't recommend to someone who isn't used to dealing with issues related to race, as clearly some of the reviewers here are more focused on whether or not they were offended than what Paul Beatty is trying to say about life, literature and identity. Those reviewers who are stuck on the race issue would be wise to note that when asked to address the differences between black people and white people, Rabbi Spencer Throckmorton can only come up with two trivial differences: white people eat ice cream in the winter, and black people wait till you get inside your house before they drive off. The point of this statement is not to make two absolute declarations, but highlight what really makes us different most of the time: culture and class. If you don't understand this book or think its racist, you're just not paying attention.
tuff enough.......2005-04-26
Paul Beatty's second novel (I refuse to refer to it as a "hip-hop novel") is an often hilarious study of genuine thought processes and attitudes that exist in big-city urban life. Beatty's ability to combine comedy and social commentary is uncanny, all while ostensibly not taking himself too seriously. It is difficult for the average reader to empathize with Winston "Tuffy" Foshay, a combination of Big E. Smalls and Tony Soprano who has spent the entirety of his 22 years in East Harlem. Tuffy is that rare breed of person who regularly commits acts of neighborhood thuggery but still manages to be loved and respected for his magnanimity and ability to fit in with just about anyone; anyone, that is, who's Caucasian or middle-to-upper class. And even though Tuffy doesn't think twice about dislocating someone's jaw or rendering someone unconscious by other means, he has only recently begun carrying a gun, which makes him comparatively genteel in this neighborhood.
Tuffy may be difficult to like, but it's not difficult for most to identify with his plight; at 22, he's trying to find himself, in his own iconoclastic way. On a lark, he decides to run for City Council. He doesn't have much interest in politics and has little ambition to serve in office. But, with the help of his loyal wife (whom he married via a telephone ceremony while he was incarcerated), a Japanese mother figure, and a black rabbi/journalist, he is determined to at least temporarily have a seldom-heard voice heard, one that is neither Democrat or Republican, liberal nor conservative, just plain East Harlem.
Beatty achieves a grittiness in "Tuff" that his first novel, "White Boy Shuffle," lacked for the most part. Though "Tuff" also suffers from over-the-top violence (which I think is intended to be funny) and an overabundance of street slang (it seems Beatty is trying to hard at times) the lives of Tuffy and his friends and neighbors are more clearly distinguished since Beatty decides to forego the magical realism found in "White Boy," which, although stylistically impressive, subtracted from some of the book's earnestness. But like "White Boy Shuffle," "Tuff" is, more than anything, a truly unique piece of literature. It contains many contrary characteristics: It's a fun piece of social commentary, a thoughtful look at violence and poverty, and a real look at how the urban poor feel and why they aren't apologetic for it, and why their world has different rules than yours may. Beatty not only somehow accomplishes this, he does it in a way that it loyal to both street life and literary life, showing that when the two worlds meet, something fantastic and wonderful can be created.
Tuff is Tough.......2004-05-27
Tuff is the story of a young man's transformation from a hopeless youth to a man who is willing to try a new way of life. We read the book in a book club and our feelings about the book varied greatly. One member liked how ambitious the characters were in their quest to make money. Another member liked how Beatty forced his readers to question their stereotypes, by constantly placing the characters in unexpected roles. Another member liked how Beatty gives a vivid account of what the less fortunate, when faced with obstacles, are willing to do to improve their living situations and the living situations of people around them. Overall, our book club would reccommend the book.
Another great read from Paul Beatty.......2003-06-09
White Boy Shuffle is one of my favorite books, and I have given it as a gift to many people, all of whom have loved it. That said, I couldn't help being just a little disappointed by Tuff.
In Tuff, as in White Boy Shuffle, Paul Beatty builds excellent characters, and his descriptions of life in Spanish Harlem are incredible. This is a great story, entertaining to read, and I would definitely recommend this to others.
hard work.......2002-02-25
this book completely threw me. it starts ok but before long we're thrust from what appears to essentially be a humourous satire into something that's stagnant and disorientated. i have no doubts in my mind that paul beatty is a clever man but this just didn't grip me. if i start to read something i have to finish it but this was difficult. the man character tuffy can't seem to make up his mind if he's good or bad. neither can he seem to make up his mind whether or not he's a rascist. don't read this book unless you absolutely have to, and you'll never absolutely have to.
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Harvey world "Spooky"-the tuff little ghost in The Spookeador.
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- Somewhat Disappointed
- A great story to read aloud
- A GREAT READ
- A good mystery, great art, and even a pirate reference!
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Tuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie's Missing Brain
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Customer Reviews:
Somewhat Disappointed.......2007-09-06
I was not as pleased with this book as I thought I would be based upon the reviews I read prior to my purchase. The messaging and the genre-based language in the book went right over my 4 year old daughter's head and I found myself having to stop and explain things on almost every page (either that or reword the text in my head before actually reading the page to her in my edited form). I enjoy using books to help expose her to new vocabulary, but in this case, it wasn't necessarily kid-friendly vocabulary and the process interrupted my reading so much that it ended up getting in the way of the actual story. Maybe she's just not the right age. I do have to say that the pictures are great; Nash is a terrific illustrator.
A great story to read aloud.......2006-05-19
I bought this book for my daughter when she was a few months old. It is such a fun book to read aloud and the book has yet to bore me. I especially enjoy the layout with big, full page pictures. My daughter, now 2yrs, enjoys the colorful pictures and is interested enough to actually sit still for 3/4 of the book (rare for a two yr old!). I also applaud Nash's vivid descriptions ("she was as big and blue as a whale in a room full of oranges") and his use of "big words" (I use big in the sense that they are words less likely to be known for the particular age group)-- words like forlornly, swashbuckler, and ventured --they are carefully placed and expose my daughter to a broad vocabulary without making the book burdensome to read.
A GREAT READ.......2004-07-22
My first one isn't even born yet and my wife and I love this book. It is just an all around great children's book. The characters are marvelous. It has a lot of great twists.
A good mystery, great art, and even a pirate reference!.......2004-06-15
What's not to love? There is a lot of text. A LOT of text. This might be the longest book my son and I have read together. But it keeps his attention every time. We've had it less than a week, and we're reading it once or twice a day.
The only drawback is the (slight) violence, and Tuff Fluff's hard-boiled tone get's us, er, a little worked up. But Thor loves it.
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- Cassie Edwards......great author
- A Diamond in the Ruff
- Pleasant Read
- fine but umpteenth ýSavageý romance
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Savage Trust
Cassie Edwards
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Customer Reviews:
Cassie Edwards......great author.......2007-03-23
This is yet another great Native novel by Cassis Edwards. She knows how to bring a story to life.
A Diamond in the Ruff.......2004-08-25
I just couldn't seem to put this book down. There were times when I was so involved, that I was screaming at the book. At times, I just wanted to jump into the pages and go Native American warrior on the characters! Not only that, but the story line was fantastic!
I found the book in the corner of a used book store stuffed in under the seat of a couch! I'm truly glad that I found it!
Pleasant Read.......2004-02-27
Book is pleasant to read. A few points lacked realism (the instant sexaul tension, earth quakes in Wyoming that swallow houses whole), but once the reader puts that out of mind the story flows well. As predictable as most romance novels, but does have a couple of twists.
fine but umpteenth ýSavageý romance.......2004-02-01
In 1874 Bostonian Yvette Davidson travels west with her father by rail planning to start over in the Wyoming Territory. However, on the trek a savage kills her father and a terrible derailment accident leaves Yvette unconscious. Cheyenne Chieftain Cloud Walker finds and rescues the comatose blond with whom he surprisingly feels an immediate bond.
When Yvette awakens she fears being a prisoner of this powerful Indian who may have killed her dad. Still he fosters her with kindness, but she plans to escape because she does not want to learn what he has in mind for her. As he continues to nurture her, they fall in love, but both know that each of their respective peoples will frown on such a forbidden relationship. Will love prove strong enough to overcome his tribe's single women all wanting to be his wife and her race distrusting these savages?
Fans of Cassie Edwards will enjoy her umpteenth "Savage" novel starring two fine star-crossed lovers. The well written story line is typical Ms. Edwards (must have the copyright) as the lead couple fall in love at first sight though neither trusts the other and both know it is taboo in their respective societies more so in hers. Right out of her usual cast, Ms. Edwards' readers will enjoy her latest Indian romance.
Harriet Klausner
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The force will be with all collectors who own this comprehensive guide to one of today's hottest collecting fields.
Star Wars fans will find more than 600 photos and more than 2,000 listings of collectible items related to the popular movie series from 1976 through 2001, including Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Features photos, up-to-date pricing, and accurate descriptions for more than 40 categories such as action figures, books, clothing, food collectibles, games, trading cards, vehicles, wall art, statues, comics, coins, and more!
Star Wars is hotter than ever and this updated and revised edition of the best-selling collector's guide is the ultimate resource for fans.
Author Stuart W. Wells III is a well-known authority on Star Wars collectibles. He is also the author of Star Wars Collector's Pocket Companion.
• More than 2,000 listings of the hottest Star Wars collectibles, including up-to-date pricing, accurate descriptions, and more than 600 photographs to aid in identification
• Features more than 40 collecting categories
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Customer Reviews:
An essential guide for dealers & collectors.......2002-09-07
Now in a completely and authoritatively updated second edition, A Universe Of Star Wars Collectibles: Identification And Price Guide continues to be the premier reference for fans and collectors. Featured are exhaustive price lists, color photographs of collector's items on almost every page, the straight scoop on figure package variations and a "user friendly" index for quick and easy reference. A superb guide for the dedicated Star Wars collector or Star Wars merchandise seller, A Universe Of Star Wars Collectibles is an essential guide for dealers, collectors, and anyone wanting to look up the value of a Star Wars related item in the possession of themselves, friends or family.
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How did Exar Kun nearly destroy Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy? When did Han Solo first meet Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian? Where was Mara Jade when the Emperor died? What are the secrets of the terrible super weapons--the Death Stars, the Sun Crusher, and the World Devastators? What are the Qom Qae? How powerful is the Black Sun criminal organization?
Looking for facts about the characters, starships, weaponry, droids, alien species, and historic battles in the most amazing adventure of them all? From airspeeders to N-1 starfighters, Coruscant to Tatooine, Nom Anor to Leia Organa--you'll find the whole universe of Star Wars covered here:
¸ The original Star Wars trilogy movies
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Featuring new material on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace . . . the latest Star Wars series: The New Jedi Order . . . and the entire thrilling saga!
Customer Reviews:
Only good for reference.......2005-08-17
This book is only good if you wish to increase your knowledge of the expanded universe, however if I were you I think I would wait on a new edition to come out, because it isn't fully updated from episodes 2 or 3. I do like it but, I Would rather rcomend the Essential guides to you for they are far more updated and have better detailed information
Good, solid Star Wars guide, update forthcoming............2004-04-10
Because the "Star Wars Universe" this guide covers is as vast and populated as George Lucas' "galaxy far, far away," it's impossible for even the most prolific researcher/writer to keep up with all the new additions as books, games, collectibles and even animated episodes appear almost on a monthly basis. For even though the Star Wars canon (read, "official version") only includes the six filmed Episodes, their novelizations, and their direct off-shoots (such as the National Public Radio dramatizations and the Cartoon Network's Clone Wars miniseries), there are also tons of Lucasfilm-authorized Expanded Universe novels, comic books, and games (roleplaying and computer games) that have added planets, political entities, droids, weapons, spacecraft, alien and human characters that go beyond Lucas' filmed works.
In some ways, Bill Slavicsek's 596 page A (as in A-3DO, a droid once owned by the Jedi Knight Andur Sunrider) to Z (ZZ-4Z, yet another droid, this time once Han Solo's mechanical housekeeper, last seen recovering from an attack by Boba Fett) book serves as a "poor man's Star Wars Encyclopedia," since the format is very similar and essentially covers the same territory -- down to the style of the entries -- as Steven J. Sansweet's more expensive and even more outdated (circa 1998) reference book.
The Guide is, obviously, a must-have reference work, and Slavicsek has done an excellent job at compiling all the data from not only the first four filmed Episodes (the cutoff point in this edition for the movies is Episode I: The Phantom Menace) but also every licensed media release, including young reader books (The Glove of Darth Vader), comic books (Tales of the Jedi Knights, the Dark Empire series), and such forgotten (and forgetable) TV offerings as the Droids animated series.
I don't know if there will be an interim Guide published by Ballantine Books before the release of Episode III next year; I had hoped to see a fourth edition this year that would cover Episode II and the New Jedi Order series after Vector Prime. Then again, Sansweet's more expensive Star Wars Encyclopedia has not been updated yet, so I am guessing the next editions of these two wonderful references will be released in a few years.
This book is awesome.......2004-01-25
I got this book around the time it came out, and 3 years later it is still the first book I go to for Star Wars look ups. Its biggest problem is that it is dated and cuts off right after Vector Prime, so it is not much help for looking up things in the New Jedi Order. That being said, it is still very valid and apart from the NJO and various newer comic book series, it covers pretty much everything. This book is a must for any serious Star Wars reader, and I highly recommend it as such. I would like to see a new edition with up-to-date material released after Episode III comes out.
Almost complete.......2003-12-25
This book is a very nice work in the Star Wars universe, since it encompass not only the classic Trilogy, but also the new Trilogy and the New Republic facts. The only problems that I see in it are that the entries are very shor in some cases, missing some information and the illustrations are very poor in most of the cases. However, it is a good book for a Star Wars fan.
Excellent reference to the Star Wars Universe.......2002-12-06
The Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy is a handy reference for any fan of the books and movies. Because it was published in the year 2000, it came after a wave of new books and a new movie, thus making it up to date up until that time.
While not as complete as the Star Wars Encyclopedia, it has information that SWE did not cover. However, it does not contain the wealth of information that SWE has, and the illistrations are black and white, whereas the Encyclopeida's are color.
The Guide covers new information in the Han Solo Trilogy, the X-Wing series, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the New Jedi Order (Just Vector Prime) and several other novels.
So, this is just right if you are a fan that likes up to date information.
However,it is already out of date and does not contain everything that is new. There is nothing about the second and third parts of the X-Wing series, nothing beyond Vector Prime and several other books that are already out. Hopefully there'll be a new editon in the near future.
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A GUIDE TO THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE.
Manufacturer: Boxtree
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- An excellent and informative book!
- it was verey detailed and interesting
- Everything about the series... almost.
- Everything I Didn't Know And Didn't Want To About Star Wars
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A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
Raymond L. Velasco
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An excellent and informative book!.......1999-08-16
I spend hours a day enjoying this book. If you are a Star Wars fan I highly suggest you pick this up. Its filled with short, but informative and well-written descriptions about practically everything from the original Star Wars trilogy, including the movies, books, radio dramitizations, T.V. specials etc etc... It has well done illustrations thoughout, and is extremly useful for Star Wars information. I found out something I've been dieing to know for awhile now.....what a nerf herder is :) So pick up this book, read it, enjoy it, and cherish it.
it was verey detailed and interesting.......1997-09-27
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS MOST OF IT WILL BE IN THIS BOOK ITS DETAILED AND HAS SOME ILLUSTRATION THROUGHOUT IT[IN BLAC AND WHITE] IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAR WARS QUIZ ALMOST ALL THE ANSWERS WILL BE IN THIS BOOK.
Everything about the series... almost........1997-01-24
The greatest guide to the Star Wars Universe available today. Slight problem is that there have been approximately thirty more books written since the revision and expansion of this book. This book, unfortunatly, fails to show how the latest stories have enriched and enhanced Lucas's original vision. The history has progressed more than thirteen years since Jedi's conclusion and this book is still lacking in its latest incarnation
Everything I Didn't Know And Didn't Want To About Star Wars.......1996-12-12
This is simply the broadest reaching Star Wars encyclopedia ont the market. Most of the stuff in there you never knew existed. For example, ever heard of a Yuzzem? This book quickly and concisely explains everything about them and many other subjects
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Immensely readable and digestible in just a few sittings, this book examines the complete history of ancient Israel—from Abraham to the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Offers highest-quality authorship from respected leaders in their fields. Provides numerous color and black-and-white photos, maps, charts, and timelines. Gives a broader sweep of history, starting at an earlier point and/or ending at a later point than other books on the subject. Adds and updates evidence, analysis, and insights of events, based on developments since the book's first edition. Perfect for adult study groups and Bible groups, and anyone who wants to learn more about Israel's history or needs a refresher course.
Customer Reviews:
The best I have read.......2005-06-19
If you are looking for a history of ancient Israel. This is probably as good as you can get.
Totally awesome resource! So, so, SO helpful........2005-05-25
I found this book to be fantastic prerequisite reading on Jewish history from Biblical to Rabbinic times. It provides the reader with a working background knowledge of a daunting timespan; even skimming it provides enough information for a satisfactory jumping-off point of Jewish scholarship. It reads like a textbook, though, so beware: this is not exactly pleasure reading.
Mind strain and eye strain.......2003-10-23
This fact filled book is tough going. By telling the development of thought and how many theories were cast aside by subsequent research and writing, it makes me feel buffeted by waves, then thrown on the shore, out of breath. Just tell the best story you can, as clearly as you can, please. Sure, some parenthetical or footnote references to say that for a while "such and such" was thought, OK. But maintain the thread. Perhaps an editor doesn't have that latitude when dealing with a collection of world class scholarly authors.
Further, the book is printed in gray type so reading it is concurrently mind strain AND eye strain.
I'm sure in the hands of a good teacher, with discussion and re-reading, this book can be effective. My teacher says we can read it before or after the class discussion. I will need to read it before AND after.
But perhaps I'm spoiled. I just finished Richard Friedman's "Who Wrote the Bible" - an engrossing, absorbing story that carries you along. It is a wonderful "read" - at the other end of the spectrum from Shanks.
EOM
Blindingly brilliant at best;Factually overwhelming at worst.......2002-11-11
Having gathered works by renown scholars of the history and anthropology of Israel, Hershel Shanks created a masterpiece in Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple. The book itself is easily accessible to one who is unlearned in the history of Ancient Israel (as am I). It also is useful in an undergraduate college classroom setting - As it was used in a Biblical Archaeology class at my school. The only negative feedback I have on this book is that, by its very nature, it is far to concentrated with facts. At times, you may feel very overwhelmed with the information presented. However, if you familiarize yourself with the general history of Israel by quickly reading through the book and then following that reading up with a more indepth reading, this book may serve you well. However, trying to remember all of the dates, names, and rulers at once is overwhelming. I recommend this to anyone who is even slightly interested in learning thoroughly about Ancient Israel and has little background in history during this period of time.
Too humanistic... Revisonist history of Israrel........2001-10-02
This book is so apt to question the historicity of the Bible, it finds itself refuting orthodox history, because of its inherent bias. 'We can't be certain David and Solomon exist at all, can we?' I hope you detect my cynicism. It might as well deny Israel's existence prior to 200 B.C. Israel after all didn't appear to around Jesus' time, right?
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