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Friday, August 18, 2023

Book Review - Fat Ham

Fat Ham



About the Book

Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, James Ijames' Fat Ham reinvents Shakespeare's masterpiece in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbecue in the American South.

Juicy—a young, queer, Southern man, who is grappling with questions of identity—is visited by the ghost of his father (Pap) at his mother’s wedding/family barbecue. Pap demands that Juicy avenge his recent murder. How will Juicy, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man, trying to break a cycle of trauma and toxic masculinity, avenge his father’s premature death? Fat Ham reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbeque in the American South.

My Take on the Book
This was a great write-up of the Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama. As a fan of Shakespeare I loved this retelling of Hamlet. Though this is a retelling, it is completely unique and different. I found the story to be compelling, the characters to very well developed and by the end I wanted to see this in person and you will too! 
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