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     • The Sellout is a fictitious, satirical novel about racial relations in the U.S. Beatty utilizes stereotypes and parody throughout the story to inject social commentary. Beatty's other works are mostly humorous as well, but Beatty has claimed that he does not view himself as a satirical author.
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   Is the sellout a satirical book?

   • The Sellout is a fictitious, satirical novel about racial relations in the U.S. [ 17 ] Beatty utilizes stereotypes and parody throughout the story to inject social commentary. [ 18 ] Beatty's other works are mostly humorous as well, but Beatty has claimed that he does not view himself as a satirical author. [ 17 ]

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   What is Paul Beatty's 'the sellout' about?

   • A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.

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   Is the sellout a good book?

   • And while there is plenty of real sadness in The Sellout, it's tempered by Beatty's outrageously hilarious mockery of politics, entertainment, and pretty much everything else. It's a risky book unconcerned about offending readers, which is a rare thing indeed in today's easily outraged culture.

   Book Review: 'The Sellout,' By Paul Beatty : NPR

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   Who wrote the sellout?

   • The Sellout is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [ 1 ] and in the UK by Oneworld Publications in 2016.

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   How do you describe the sellout?

   • Describing 'The Sellout' by Paul Beatty is like trying to shove a lemon tree into a shot glass due to the multitude of events in the novel. Quoting the novel's best lines, which have the power to puncture or tattoo the heart, is also challenging due to their nimble use of the N-word.

   Review: ‘The Sellout,’ Paul Beatty’s Biting Satire on Race in America

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   What does Paul Beatty do in 'The Sellout'?

   • In 'The Sellout', Paul Beatty imposts every line with shifting densities of racial and political meaning. The jokes come up through your spleen. Paul Beatty writes in ways that recall writers like Ishmael Reed. So much happens in the book that describing it is like trying to shove a lemon tree into a shot glass.

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   The Sellout is a fictitious, satirical novel about racial relations in the U.S. [17] Beatty utilizes stereotypes and parody throughout the story to inject social commentary. [18] Beatty's other works are mostly humorous as well, but Beatty has claimed that he does not view himself as a satirical author.

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   Mar 3, 2015 · A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.

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   Mar 2, 2015 · But somehow, The Sellout isn't just one of the most hilarious American novels in years, it also might be the first truly great satirical novel of the century.

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   Feb 26, 2015 · Prick the satire in “The Sellout,” and real blood emerges. The narrator’s father is shot dead by Los Angeles police officers for, basically, driving while black.

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   Apr 9, 2015 · “The Sellout” isn’t a book for the fainthearted — though not exactly for the lighthearted either. From the prologue the book turns to Dickens, “an agrarian ghetto,” where folks raise...

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   Mar 3, 2015 · Paul Beatty’s biting satire about a young man’s isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court. The son of a pioneering sociologist believes that selling his father’s controversial memoir will solve the family’s financial woes.

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   The Sellout is part of a long and illustrious tradition of African-American satire. This includes such works as The Blacker the Berry (1929) by Wallace Thurman, which was a Harlem Renaissance novel critiquing racial politics within the black community through dark humor.