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The Sellout : WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016, Paperback / softback Book

The Sellout : WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 Paperback / softback

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 A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SATIRE ABOUT RACE, CLASS AND INEQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, BY A LITERARY GENIUS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAMEWinner of the Man Booker Prize, 2016In 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 Times

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