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020			_a9781786071460 (paperback)
020			_a1786071460 (paperback)
020			_a9781786070166 (eBook)
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082	0	0	_a813.54 _223
100	1		_aBeatty, Paul. _956599
245	1	4	_aThe sellout / _cPaul Beatty.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aLondon, England : _bOneworld, _c2017.
300			_a288 pages ; _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 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"--
520			_a"A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"--
526			_aAAL
586			_aMan Booker Prize for Fiction, 2016.
650		0	_aFathers and sons _vFiction.
650		0	_aRace relations _vFiction.
650		7	_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / African American / General. _2bisacsh _956600
655		7	_aSatire. _2gsafd _95612
852			_aAyesha Abed Library
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c46497 _d46497