The Resource The sellout, Paul Beatty
The sellout, Paul Beatty
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The item The sellout, Paul Beatty represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Normal Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- "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"--
- "A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374260507
- Label
- The sellout
- Title
- The sellout
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Beatty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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"--
- "A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beatty, Paul
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.E19
- LC item number
- S45 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fathers and sons
- Race relations
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / African American / General
- Fathers and sons
- Race relations
- Label
- The sellout, Paul Beatty
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn887605559
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374260507
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014027451
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887605559
- Label
- The sellout, Paul Beatty
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn887605559
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374260507
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014027451
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887605559
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