The sellout : (Record no. 1148)
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| fixed length control field | 02653cam a2200265 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | ICES |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 140815s2015 nyu 000 1 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780374260507 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781250083258 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 080 |
| Item number | BEA |
| 100 1# - PERSONAL NAME (AUTHOR) | |
| Personal name | Beatty, Paul. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3489 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The sellout : |
| Remainder of title | a novel / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Paul Beatty. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 288 p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fathers and sons |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3490 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Race relations |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3491 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | FICTION / Literary. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3492 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | FICTION / African American / General. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3493 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Satire. |
| Source of term | gsafd |
| -- | 3494 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Cover image |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/507/9780374260507/image/lgcover.9780374260507.jpg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Other/Generic Classification Scheme |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Other/Generic Classification Scheme | General Book Collections | ICES Colombo | ICES Colombo | Lending and Reference Section | 2017-05-04 | Ford Foundation | 080 BEA | 007413 | 2017-05-04 | 2017-05-04 | Reference Books |