A review by liberrydude
Pym by Mat Johnson

4.0

It's literary, dystopian, fantasy, sci-fi, satire, an epic quest, and also very humorous. It's about race and revolves around a little known Edgar Allan Poe story. We have a black professor denied tenure because he sees himself as an English professor and not some token to be put on Diversity Committees. His obsession is the story by Poe. He ends up networking with some others (all black and some family) to go to Antarctica and search for a fabled land while drilling for fresh water. They soon meet a yeti-like race of white "snow monkeys" and a clash of cultures ensues. There's literary analysis as digression while a modern survival drama takes place. Won't spoil it for you. Certainly worth a read. The satire is serious though when you contemplate current events. If it were a movie it would be like Life of Pi meets Black Dynamite.