author, 'The Sellout'
Author of the novel The Sellout
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Paul Beatty
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Man Booker Prize winner on being black in America Los Angeles-born writer Paul Beatty is the first American to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He won for The Sellout , a racial satire set in south LA. It’s laced with cutting insights about race, slavery, Oreo cookies and segregation.
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A Conversation With Paul Beatty Paul Beatty’s new novel is an acerbic and absurdist look at what it means to be black in America. The Sellout is laced with cutting insights about race, slavery, Oreo cookies, and segregation, and it’s set here in Los Angeles. Madeleine talks to the author about his work and inspiration, including those old iconic maps in the Thomas Guide.
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