The Gentrifier's Handbook

Vernon Kimble took a consulting job to save himself from eviction — and accidentally became the smiling mascot of his own neighborhood's destruction. Back in Crenshaw Heights after flunking out of law school, Vernon discovers his historically Black block has been colonized by artisanal dog bakeries and a tech company's "cultural innovation hub." Hired to make gentrification feel soulful, he starts inventing fake traditions — and the lies take on a life nobody can stop.