Flipping Boxcars: A Novel

The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric “The Entertainer,” is 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 high-stakes 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. In this compel...