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020 $a9781250083258 (pbk.) :$cUSD16.00$
020 $a1250083257 (pbk.) :$cUSD16.00$
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050 00$aPS3552.E19$bS45 2015
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100 1 $aBeatty, Paul.
245 14$aThe sellout /$cPaul Beatty.
250 $a1st Picador ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPicador,$c2016.
300 $a288 p. ;$c21 cm.
520 $a"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same bedroom you'd grown up in, looking up at the crack in the stucco ceiling that had been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist at Riverside Community College, he spent his childhood as the subject in psychological studies, classic experiments revised to include a racially-charged twist. He also grew up believing this pioneering work might result in a memoir that would solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a shoot out with the police, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral and some maudlin what-ifs. Fuelled by this injustice and the general disrepair of his down-trodden hometown, he sets out to right another wrong: Dickens has literally been removed from the map to save California further embarrassment. Enlisting the help of the town's most famous resident--the last surviving Little Rascal, Hominy Jenkins, our narrator initiates a course of action--one that includes reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school--destined to bring national attention. These outrageous events land him with a law suit heard by the Supreme Court, the latest in a series of cases revolving around the thorny issue of race in America. The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the most sacred tenets of the U.S. Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality--the black Chinese restaurant"--$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.
586 $aKirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year (Literary Fiction, 2015)
586 $aNew York Times Notable Book of the Year, 2015.
586 $aNational Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Fiction, 2015)
586 $aThe Morning News Tournament of Books (Champion, 2016)
586 $aBollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlist, 2016.
650 0$aRace relations$vFiction.
650 0$aFathers and sons$vFiction.