Winner of the Man Booker Prize
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction
Named one of the best books of by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality―the black Chinese restaurant.
Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens―on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles―the narrator of
Product details
Publisher : Picador Paper (September 7, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250808243
ISBN-13 : 978-1250808240
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.3 x 0.75 x 8.15 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #11,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#41 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books)
#133 in Fiction Satire
#1,172 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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