The Sellout: Paul Beatty Congratulations to Paul Beatty on winning the Man Booker Prize 2016. And congratulations to the David-like publisher Oneworld for their second win in as many years. A truly deserving win, The Sellout captures the light and dark, the silly and serious, the salty and sweet of that great export: Urban Black American Culture. It is a dense book, one that you have to keep your wits about you to read. But don’t worry, the rolling of the narrative will soon pick you up, dust you down and drag you along again. The language is very funny, very rude and teeters between the hyperbolically absurd and the deeply sincere. Set in poor suburban LA, the central story revolves around a young Black man who is trying to shake off his overpowering father’s intellectual legacy while also reclaiming the things that he holds dear. The book is full of characters who not only conform to stereotype, but actively seek the comfort of a socially prescribed identity; from the Mexican Principal who complains about Mexicans and the ex-TV star who pines for his glory days of Minstrelsy, to the middle-aged black academic who peddles right-on academia. Simultaneously complex and very, very simple, Beatty’s novel addresses Trump-era madness in the best way satire can; with humour, pathos and wry honesty
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The Sellout: Paul Beatty
Congratulations to Paul Beatty on winning the Man Booker Prize 2016. And congratulations to the David-like publisher Oneworld for their second win in as many years. A truly deserving win, The Sellout captures the light and dark, the silly and serious, the salty and sweet of that great export: Urban Black American Culture. It is a dense book, one that you have to keep your wits about you to read. But don’t worry, the rolling of the narrative will soon pick you up, dust you down and drag you along again. The language is very funny, very rude and teeters between the hyperbolically absurd and the deeply sincere. Set in poor suburban LA, the central story revolves around a young Black man who is trying to shake off his overpowering father’s intellectual legacy while also reclaiming the things that he holds dear. The book is full of characters who not only conform to stereotype, but actively seek the comfort of a socially prescribed identity; from the Mexican Principal who complains about Mexicans and the ex-TV star who pines for his glory days of Minstrelsy, to the middle-aged black academic who peddles right-on academia. Simultaneously complex and very, very simple, Beatty’s novel addresses Trump-era madness in the best way satire can; with humour, pathos and wry honesty.
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The Sellout: Paul Beatty
Congratulations to Paul Beatty on winning the Man Booker Prize 2016. And congratulations to the David-like publisher Oneworld for their second win in as many years. A truly deserving win, The Sellout captures the light and dark, the silly and serious, the salty and sweet of that great export: Urban Black American Culture. It is a dense book, one that you have to keep your wits about you to read. But don’t worry, the rolling of the narrative will soon pick you up, dust you down and drag you along again. The language is very funny, very rude and teeters between the hyperbolically absurd and the deeply sincere. Set in poor suburban LA, the central story revolves around a young Black man who is trying to shake off his overpowering father’s intellectual legacy while also reclaiming the things that he holds dear. The book is full of characters who not only conform to stereotype, but actively seek the comfort of a socially prescribed identity; from the Mexican Principal who complains about Mexicans and the ex-TV star who pines for his glory days of Minstrelsy, to the middle-aged black academic who peddles right-on academia. Simultaneously complex and very, very simple, Beatty’s novel addresses Trump-era madness in the best way satire can; with humour, pathos and wry honesty.
#libreria #libtriptych #thesellout #paulbeatty #sellout #manbooker #manbookerlonglist #libreriarecommends #woohoo
