The sellout /
Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. Raised by a single father, a sociologist, he is told that his father's work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. B...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2021].
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| Edition: | Picador paperback reissue edition. |
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| Summary: | Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. Raised by a single father, a sociologist, he is told that his father's work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed, he realizes there never was a memoir. Fueled by this deceit, the narrator initiates the most outrageous action conceivable, reinstating slavery, which lands him in front of the Supreme Court. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 2015. |
| Physical Description: | 288 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781250808240 1250808243 |