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008			140815s2015 nyu 000 1 eng
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020			_a9780374260507 (hardcover)
020			_z9780374712242 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aPS3552.E19 _bS45 2015
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100	1		_aBeatty, Paul.
245	1	4	_aThe sellout : _ba novel / _cPaul Beatty.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2015.
300			_a288 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court"-- _cProvided by publisher.
596			_a1
650		0	_aFathers and sons _vFiction.
650		0	_aRace relations _vFiction.
650		7	_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / African American / General. _2bisacsh
655		7	_aSatire. _2gsafd
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