The sellout / Paul Beatty.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250083258
- ISBN: 1250083257
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Picador edition.
- Publisher: New York : Picador, 2016.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "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..."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | African Americans > Fiction. Fathers and sons > Fiction. Racism > Fiction. Race relations > Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction. Satire. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | FIC BEATTY (Text) | 34000081423865 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/17/2024 |
Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | FIC BEA (Text) | 34055137537332 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Killingly Library | F Bea (Text) | 34040141943932 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | FIC BEA (Text) | 33630131500915 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | FIC BEATTY (Text) | 34000081423873 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Putnam Public Library | BEATTY (Text) | 33610137940562 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Scoville Memorial Library - Salisbury | FIC BEATTY (Text)
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37538134807912 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S FIC BEATTY, P (Text) | 34005107024456 | Storage | Available | - |
Thomaston Public Library | FIC BEATTY (Text) | 34020137788046 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Woodbury Public Library | FIC BEATTY (Text) | 34018139352167 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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