The sellout : a novel / Paul Beatty.
"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 the '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. Fueled 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"-- Provided by publisher.
"A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374260507
- ISBN: 0374260508
- ISBN: 9781250083258
- ISBN: 1250083257
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Awards Note: | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2015. |
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Genre: | Social satire. Satire. |
Available copies
- 24 of 28 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Abington Community Library | FICTION BEATTY (Text) | 50687011354845 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION BEATTY (Text) | 50686015116358 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Coudersport Public Library | FIC BEA (Text) | 30183000942902 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ellwood City Area Public Library | FIC Beatty (Text) | 32102000772406 | ECAM Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Beatty (Text) | 39427102954757 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults BEA Fiction (Text) | 33454005160536 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |
Meyersdale Public Library | FIC BEATTY (Text) | 30512000508430 | MEYM Fiction | Available | - |
Mifflin Community Library | BEA (Text) | 33249022659423 | Fiction | Available | - |
New Castle Public Library | Fic Beatty (Text)
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New Oxford Library | FIC BEATTY PAUL (Text) | 35740635302151 | Fiction | Checked Out | 04/05/2024 |
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