Flipping Boxcars, Cedric The Entertainer
Flipping Boxcars, Cedric The Entertainer
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Flipping Boxcars
A Novel

Author: Cedric The Entertainer

Narrator: Cedric The Entertainer

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Amistad

Published: 09/12/2023


Synopsis

The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric “The Entertainer,” an engaging and entertaining crime caper that is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communities struggling to get by during the Depression and World War II. Babe is a charismatic and widely loved man, a gambler with a gift for gab that often gets him out of tricky situations. He’s also a dreamer, something he shares with his patient and loving wife, Rosie. They both yearn for financial stability and see the land they own as insurance for future generations. But when Babe and a few comrades enlist in a scheme that improbably falls apart, he endangers the little security the family has. On the verge of losing everything, what’s a family man to do?If you’re a gambler like Babe, you double down and risk it all for one big score—this time, a plan involving railroad boxcars.Will Babe succeed? Will Rosie continue to support her husband? Are the Feds on to his make-or-break scheme?Flipping Boxcars is Cedric “The Entertainer” at his most engaging best—a charming, fast-paced novel that pays homage to his beloved grandfather and a generation past, anchored by rich, multi-dimensional characters and oozing with irresistible charm.

About Cedric The Entertainer

Over the course of a career spanning more than thirty years, actor/comedian Cedric Kyles (A.K.A. Cedric the Entertainer) has solidified his status as one of the world’s premier performers on the stage, in film, and on television. Cedric is the star and executive producer of the CBS Television hit comedy The Neighborhood, for which he won a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. Cedric’s other noteworthy television credits include the comedy series The Soul Man and The Steve Harvey Show, for which he won four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy. He lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by The Bookish Bri on October 04, 2023

I was so interested in reading this book because it was written by Cedric. I didn't let that factor overshadow the work though. Though I thoroughly enjoyed hearing Cedric's voice as he narrated a story inspired by his late grandfather. I couldn't fully immerse myself in the story. The story would fl......more

Goodreads review by Dawnshaeé on October 05, 2023

2.5 stars rounded up ✨ I was lost for majority of the story and I never attached myself to the characters; probably due in part because it was hard to visualize any of them or the setting. Babe is described as charismatic, and I didn’t read any of his dialogue with the charisma that should’ve drippe......more

Goodreads review by Nakia on September 04, 2024

I tend to avoid books "written" by celebrities because they very rarely actually write them and they're very rarely interesting. I made an exception for this one only because I've loved Ceddy since his Comic View days, his interview on the ?uestlove Supreme podcast about the origin of this novel rea......more

Goodreads review by Readwithchan_ on October 24, 2023

Wth was that ending 😒 like I done read all of this with no to be continued or nothing and it’s just left in the air smh wow......more

Goodreads review by Jerricka on June 27, 2024

Amazing book. I was not expecting this kind of work from a comedian. I loved the 50’s feel of the book.......more