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The Sellout: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016
The Sellout: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016
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| Category: | Books |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 1786071460 |
| Title: | The Sellout: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 The Cheap Fast Free Post |
| Author: | Beatty, Paul |
| Publisher: | Oneworld Publications |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Book Binding: | Paperback / softback |
| Prizes: | Winner of THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2016 (United States) Winner of THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 (UK) Short-listed for THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE AWARD 2016 (UK) |
| Book Condition: | VERYGOOD |
| SKU: | GOR008368218 |
Item description
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, BYA 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 thisoutrageous 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 thats left is a bill for a drive-thru funeral.
Whats 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 Beattys pages, the smarter youll get.Guardian
The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel Ive read.New York Times
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