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A wry comic novel with an acerbic wit, A Hero of Our Time is a vicious takedown of superficial diversity initiatives and tech culture, with a beating heart of broken sincerity.
After he's used by a white colleague named Olivia to accelerate her corporate domination and win diversity points, our anti-hero Osman becomes bent on her destruction. Aided by his work fuck-buddy turned comrade-in-arms Nena, who loathes and embraces him in equal measure, and his much handsomer, wheel chaired surrogate Vikram, who's biding his well-muscled time until Olivia can be taken down, Osman delves into Olivia's twisted past. But, at every turn, he's stymied by his unfailing gift for razor-sharp observation, which he turns with most ferocity on himself.
The novel deconstructs the veneer of "well-meaning" race conversations in North America and exposes the harmful self-congratulation that lurks beneath.
After he's used by a white colleague named Olivia to accelerate her corporate domination and win diversity points, our anti-hero Osman becomes bent on her destruction. Aided by his work fuck-buddy turned comrade-in-arms Nena, who loathes and embraces him in equal measure, and his much handsomer, wheel chaired surrogate Vikram, who's biding his well-muscled time until Olivia can be taken down, Osman delves into Olivia's twisted past. But, at every turn, he's stymied by his unfailing gift for razor-sharp observation, which he turns with most ferocity on himself.
The novel deconstructs the veneer of "well-meaning" race conversations in North America and exposes the harmful self-congratulation that lurks beneath.
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