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Compared to his debut novel, this work features a choppier, sharper, and more cartoonish prose style that leans into absurd irony rather than the heroic-tragic tone of his previous writing.

The title is a phonetic rendering of the word them, which the author uses to signal a perspective rooted in Black vernacular and to frame the narrative as an exploration of how white society lives.

The novel draws heavily on the tradition of Brer Rabbit trickster tales, utilizing these folkloric structures to invert historical power dynamics and create a modern-day fable.