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Sellout

Paul Beatty

In this biting satire, a young man from an isolated upbringing lands in a race trial that reaches the Supreme Court. Paul Beatty challenges the sacred tenets of the US Constitution, civil rights, and racial equality with a comical take on urban life and the father-son relationship. Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of southern LA, the narrator resigns himself to a lower-middle-class life until his father's death leads him on to an audacious quest to reinstate slavery and segregate a local high school, eventually landing him in the Supreme Court. A hilarious, shocking and thought-provoking read.
Publish Date
2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.75
ISBN
9780374260507
Categories
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2016-06-17T12:27:20.000Z
‘The Sellout’, by Paul Beatty - via @FT My review of a brilliant book full of dark lsughter      source
It’s excellent.      source