The Sellout
| Title | The Sellout |
| Year for Search | 2015 |
| Authors | Beatty, Paul(b. 1962) |
| Date Published | 2015 |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | African American author, Male author |
| Annotation | Satire on U.S. race relations in which an African-American man tries to re-introduce slavery and segregation to his local school in a poor small town in southern California. His goal is to improve education and provide for the homeless. Much of the novel is about the case as it is argued before the Supreme Court. African-American author. |
| Additional Publishers | U. K. ed. London: Oneworld Publications, 2016. |
| Info Notes | In 2016, the novel won the Man Booker Prize for best novel and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was the first novel by an American author to win the Man Booker Prize. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | African-American author (b. 1962). |
| Full Text | 2015 Beatty, Paul (b. 1962). The Sellout. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. U. K. ed. London: Oneworld Publications, 2016. PSt Satire on U.S. race relations in which an African-American man tries to re-introduce slavery and segregation to his local school in a poor small town in southern California. His goal is to improve education and provide for the homeless. Much of the novel is about the case as it is argued before the Supreme Court. African-American author. In 2016, the novel won the Man Booker Prize for best novel and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was the first novel by an American author to win the Man Booker Prize. |
