A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)‘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 TimesA biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.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 his father’s 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-through 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, which lands him in the Supreme Court.In his trademark absurdist style, which has the uncanny ability to make readers want to both laugh and cry, The Sellout is an outrageous and outrageously entertaining indictment of our time.
CONTRIBUTORS: Paul BeattyEAN: 9781786071460COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Oneworld PublicationsDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Alternative History, FICTION / African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION / Satire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / DiscriminationWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
North America (USA and Canada), United States of America, USA, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Alternative history fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies, Narrative theme: Social issues, Social discrimination and social justice, Human rights, civil rights
‘Brutal and full of very dark humour, it tells us so much about the state of American race relations and, by extension, our attitude to colonialism and black history. Powerful stuff.’, ‘A no-holds-barred satire about the history and legacy of racism in America’., ‘A book of coruscating satire and the darkest humour whose bilious narrative voice leaves you at once enthralled and exhausted’., ‘One of the few books of recent years that has made me choke with laughter’., ‘A provocative, razor-sharp satire’.
PAUL BEATTY is the author of the novels Slumberland, Tuff, The White Boy Shuffle and The Sellout, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016. He is also the author of two books of poetry, Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce, and is the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City.
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A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)‘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 TimesA biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.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 his father’s 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-through 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, which lands him in the Supreme Court.In his trademark absurdist style, which has the uncanny ability to make readers want to both laugh and cry, The Sellout is an outrageous and outrageously entertaining indictment of our time.
CONTRIBUTORS: Paul BeattyEAN: 9781786071460COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Oneworld PublicationsDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Alternative History, FICTION / African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION / Satire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / DiscriminationWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
North America (USA and Canada), United States of America, USA, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Alternative history fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies, Narrative theme: Social issues, Social discrimination and social justice, Human rights, civil rights
PAUL BEATTY is the author of the novels Slumberland, Tuff, The White Boy Shuffle and The Sellout, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016. He is also the author of two books of poetry, Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce, and is the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City.
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So happy with this book. Lovely behind the scenes information and photos about the horcruxes and Deathy Hallows development and designs. Can't wait to get the other books in the series.
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