SELLOUT, THE

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016** 'Outrageous, hilarious and profoun
d.' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'The longer you stare at Beatty's pages, the s
marter you'll get.' Guardian 'The most badass first 100 pages of an American nov
el I've read.' New York Times A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbri
nging and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout showca
ses a comic genius at the top of his game. Born in Dickens on the southern outsk
irts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subj
ect in his father's racially charged psychological studies. He is told that his
father's work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes.