MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014027451
003 DLC
005 20151215082612.0
008 140815s2015 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2014027451
020 $a9780374260507 (hardcover)
020 $z9780374712242 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3552.E19$bS45 2015
082 00 $a813/.54$223
084 $aFIC019000$aFIC049000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBeatty, Paul.
245 14 $aThe sellout :$ba novel /$cPaul Beatty.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2015.
300 $a288 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$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.
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
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/507/9780374260507/image/lgcover.9780374260507.jpg