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The Sellout

★ 3.7/5 Goodreads
SatireLiterary Fiction
Booker PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award

A young Black man attempts to reinstate slavery and racial segregation in his LA neighbourhood — and succeeds.

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“Paul Beatty's Booker-winning satire is hilarious, outrageous, and uncomfortably brilliant. The funniest serious novel about race in America.”

Paul Beatty's Booker-winning satire is hilarious, outrageous, and uncomfortably brilliant. The funniest serious novel about race in America.

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