The Confession of Copeland Cane - by Keenan Norris

The Confession of Copeland Cane is a thought-provoking and timely novel that delves into the realities of coming of age in America.

Set in East Oakland, California, in a near future, the book introduces us to Copeland Cane, a teenager struggling to navigate a world filled with urban toxicity, educational apparatuses with confounding intentions, and a police state that has merged with media conglomerates.

Despite the challenges he faces, Copeland's wry awareness of the absurd keeps life passable, as do his friends and their surprising array of survival skills.

However, everything changes when Copeland finds himself caught in the flood of history after a protest rally against police violence. The Confession of Copeland Cane is a powerful and necessary voice for a generation living through an age of normalized absurdity.

With its enthralling portrait of Black life in a nearby dystopia, this novel will make you rage in recognition at the corruption of the press and government and the many ways African Americans and other minorities bear the brunt of racial injustice in America.

Keenan Norris's ear for language is simply genius, and his voice is necessary and vital--a call to take heed.

Don't miss out on this engaging and required reading for anyone attempting to understand the struggle for racial justice.