Tuff:

New York: A.A. Knopf, 2000. First edition (stated). Octavo in blue DJ, black DJ spine, 259 pages; 25 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Near Fine(-) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 0375401229

African Americans, Coming of age -- Fiction. When 19-year-old Winston "Tuffy" Foshay is offered $20,000 to run for city council, he gamely embarks on one of the most outlandish campaigns in political history, one that topples both his vision of the world and his place in it. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.