The novel read like poetry and comedy perfectly combined.

Another reviewer on Goodreads described this book as if “Kurt Vonnegut and Dave Chappelle had a baby”, and I agree. This novel had me saying ‘oh my god’ out loud to myself several times. “ My father had a theory that poor people are the best drivers because they can’t afford to carry car insurance and have to drive like they live, defensively” – Paul Beatty, The Sellout Nicknamed “Bonbon”, our narrator is a farmer and comedian trying to save his town that no one wants to bring back due to city-wide embarrassment by reinstating segregation (and inconsequentially, slavery), landing him in the Supreme Court. The narrator is a black man living in the erased fictional town of Dickens in the Los Angeles-area trying to find himself and his purpose. This book challenges a ‘post-racial America’ with bitter satire and highly clever prose.

“ …You have to ask yourself two questions, Who am I? And how may I become myself?” – Paul Beatty, The Selloutĭo not go into this novel believing this is a politically-correct, eloquent conversation about racism. The Sellout was a sort of genius, brash and humorous narrative about racism in America. This is the first novel I have read by Beatty, and I felt truly shocked throughout reading this one. Hello everyone! This week I read the almost incomparable novel, The Sellout by Paul Beatty. Link Here Borrowed copy of The Sellout on top of my favorite blanket Genres: Literary Fiction, Humor, Satire, Race in Americaĭisclaimers: Book contains strong language and sexual content, recommended for 18+ Published: 2015 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York)

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