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| 008 | 140815s2015 nyu 000 1 eng | ||
| 020 | _a9780374260507 (hardcover) | ||
| 020 | _a9781250083258 | ||
| 041 | _aEng. | ||
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_a080 _bBEA |
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_aBeatty, Paul. _93489 |
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_aThe sellout : _ba novel / _cPaul Beatty. |
| 250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
| 300 | _a288 p | ||
| 520 | _a"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 | _a"A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"-- | ||
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_aFathers and sons _vFiction. _93490 |
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_aRace relations _vFiction. _93491 |
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_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh _93492 |
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_aFICTION / African American / General. _2bisacsh _93493 |
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_aSatire. _2gsafd _93494 |
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_3Cover image _uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/507/9780374260507/image/lgcover.9780374260507.jpg |
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