Part ironic rant, part brilliant satire, Paul Beatty's The Sellout is a very funny and profound "statement" on the issue of race relations in contemporary America. The novel won the Booker Prize last year and deserved it. The actual plot is inventive to say the least, but the asides and digressions are the most fun. Beatty has a caustic wit and spares no one in his attempt to rip assumptions and PC attitudes about race to shreds. There are many laugh-out-loud passages but all-in-all, the "message" is serious and thought-provoking...how the hell can we "make sense" of the mess of racial identity and race relations in 21st century America?
for a review of the book from the Guardian, click here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/04/the-sellout-by-paul-beatty-review-galvanizing-satire-post-racial-america
for a review of the book from the Guardian, click here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/04/the-sellout-by-paul-beatty-review-galvanizing-satire-post-racial-america
