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100 1 $aBeatty, Paul.
245 14$aThe sellout /$cPaul Beatty
250 $aFirst edition, 2015
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2015
300 $a288 p. ;$c22 cm
520 $a"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same bedroom you'd grown up in, looking up at the crack in the stucco ceilingthat had been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist at Riverside CommunityCollege, he spent his childhood as the subject in psychological studies, classic experiments revised to include a racially-charged twist. He also grew up believing this pioneering work might result in a memoir that would solve their financial woes. But when his fatheris killed in a shoot out with the police, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral and some maudlin what-ifs. Fuelled bythis injustice and the general disrepair of his down-trodden hometown, he sets out to right another wrong: Dickens has literally been removed from the map to save California further embarrassment. Enlisting the help of the town's most famous resident--the last surviving LittleRascal, Hominy Jenkins, our narrator initiates a course ofaction--one that includes reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school--destined to bring national attention. These outrageous events land him with a law suit heard by the Supreme Court, the latest in a series of cases revolving around the thorny issue of race in America. The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the most sacred tenets of the U.S. Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality--the black Chinese restaurant"--$cProvided by publisher
520 $a"A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"--$cProvided by publisher
650 0$aFathers and sons$vFiction
650 0$aRace relations$vFiction
655 7$aSatire.
655 7$aFiction.$2fast