Weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston Tuffy Foshay, is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots. 'An extravagant, satirical cri de couer.Beatty's blunt, impious, streetwise eloquence has a kind of transfixing power.' -The New York Times Book Review 'Masterfully conceived and highly entertaining.Richly textured and unforgettable. Buy Tuff by Paul Beatty for 23.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. And when Tuff decides to run for City Council, this dazzling novel goes from astoundingly funny to acerbically sublime. By turns profound and irreverent, and populated with a hilarious supporting cast, Paul Beatty's Tuff is satire at its razor-sharp best. Hes funny and fierce, frustrated and feared. by Paul Beatty 0 Ratings 1 Want to read 0 Currently reading 1 Have read Overview View 8 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 2000 Publisher A.A. He's funny and fierce, frustrated and feared. Decem History Edit An edition of Tuff: a novel (1998) Tuff a novel 1st ed. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. 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 he married his wife, Yolanda, over the phone from jail. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Tuff: A Novel (Paperback Original) at.

Age nineteen and weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston 'Tuffy' Foshay is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of earning millions from his idea for Cap'n Crunch: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito. Paul Beatty is the author of the novels Tuff, Slumberland and The Sellout, and the poetry collections Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce. From Paul Beatty, the author of the Man Booker Prize winner The Sellout, comes Tuff, a novel as fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays.