Paul Beatty

The Sellout

Satirical Pulitzer Prize winner about reparations and race in contemporary Los Angeles

About the author

Paul Beatty
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.

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