Wholesale Flipping Boxcars : Cedric The Entertainer

Cedric The Entertainer Paperback FICTION/Family Life / General A propulsive debut crime caper from Cedric The Entertainer, one of the Original Kings of Comedy. Babe is a charismatic and widely loved man, a gambler with a gift for gab that gets him out of tricky situations. He’s also a dreamer, something he shares with his patient, loving wife, Rosie. The couple both yearn for financial stability, and after struggling and saving for years, the land they now own is their insurance. They will no longer be confined to a tiny alley house off Main Street; they’ll have a dream home and a business, Black-owned and all Babe’s, to serve their community. But when Babe and a few comrades enlist in a scheme that improbably falls apart, he endangers the family’s security. On the verge of losing everything, Babe does what he does best—he risks it all for one last big score, and this time the plan involves railroad boxcars. With the threat of the Chicago mob getting wise to his make-or-break scheme and his relationship with Rosie hanging in the balance, what will become of this family man? Flipping Boxcars is not only a raucous ride, but a valentine to the close-knit Black families and tightly woven communities that struggled to get by during the Depression and World War II—and to Cedric’s beloved grandfather and a generation past.