Paul Beatty
American novelist whose The Sellout, a savage satirical novel about race in America, became the first American novel to win the Man Booker Prize in 2016. His fiction uses comedy to expose the absurdities and horrors of American racism. He is one of the most daring voices in contemporary American fiction.
Works
- The SelloutSatirical Pulitzer Prize winner about reparations and race in contemporary Los Angeles
- SlumberlandNovel about Black dreamer and White manipulator in surreal reimagining of American fantasy
- TuffComic novel about middle-aged boxer navigating Harlem life, violence, and redemption
- White Boy ShuffleSatirical novel about basketball player and his adjustment to West Coast high school