Paul Beatty The Sellout (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The SelloutCondition: NewEAN: 9781786071460ISBN: 9781786071460Publisher: Oneworld PublicationsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/01/2017Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 22mmAuthor: Paul BeattyLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016ISBN-10: 1786071460Description: A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent) * One of the New York Times' '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SATIRE ABOUT RACE, CLASS AND INEQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, BY A LITERARY GENIUS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME Winner of the Man Booker Prize, 2016 In his trademark absurdist style, Paul Beatty will make you laugh and cry in this outrageous – and outrageously entertaining – indictment of our time. Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his father's racially charged psychological studies. He is told that this work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a drive-by shooting, he discovers there never was a memoir. All that’s left is a bill for a drive-thru funeral.What’s more, Dickens has literally been wiped off the map to save California from further embarrassment. Fuelled by despair, the narrator sets out to right this wrong with the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school. The results will take him from Dickens to the Supreme Court, in the trial of the century.‘Outrageous, hilarious and profound.’ Simon Schama, Financial Times‘The longer you stare at Beatty’s pages, the smarter you’ll get.’ Guardian‘The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I’ve read.’ New York TimesCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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