In this darkly satirical, whip-smart send-up of the American racial experience and modern culture. Paul Beatty has created one of the most original characters in recent fiction. Born on the day his father was murdered. And raised by a single mother in the heart of North Hollywood. Bonbon has been guided by his family toward one endgame: finding the responsible party, and enacting horrific revenge.
Overview About “The Sellout” by “Paul Beatty”
The Sellout is a satirical, dystopian novel of race and racism in 21st century America. It was published to wide acclaim in 2015, winning both of that year’s National Book Critics Circle Award categories (fiction and best first book). The main character (and narrator) is a young man named Me who attempts to reconstruct his life after his father has committed suicide, at one point becoming part of an underground slave auction. The book was inspired by a real-life racial incident in Los Angeles. Paul Beatty will read from The Sellout and participate in a discussion with Dave Eggers moderated by Claudia Rankine on Saturday, February 23 at 11 am.
Reviews About “The Sellout” by “Paul Beatty”
One of our book bloggers, Siya Masud, called it the most trenchant and panoramic take on race since Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. As hilarious as it is mordant. As wild and subversive as it is sober and thoughtful. Paul Beatty’s The Sellout masterfully blends politics, sociology, humor, history, urban fiction, social commentary. And racial satire into a blazing work of art. Publishers Weekly (starred review) No one writes like Paul Beatty. He’s funny but also sad and angry and smart as hell. In his audacious first novel, The Sellout, Paul Beatty takes on America’s big questions through one man’s story: What does it mean to be black?
About “Paul Beatty” the author of “The Sellout”
Paul Beatty (born February 19, 1963) is an American author and poet. He is best known for his novel The Sellout. His other books include The White Boy Shuffle, Slumberland, Tuff, and The Big Bank Takeaway. He has been a recipient of a Whiting Award, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and grants from PEN Center USA and Creative Capital. He currently lives in New York City.[1]Beatty grew up in South Central Los Angeles in a black neighborhood that had been gentrified by its mostly white residents fleeing what was once one of America’s most violent urban ghettos as it deteriorated into anarchy in ensuing decades after World War II.
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