![]() ![]() ![]() This hypocrisy is outlined from the very start by our protagonist, who declares: It is through this quest that the reader is made aware of the clear hypocrisy between political correctness and the reliance on racial stereotyping in American media. Through savage wit, Beatty forces the reader to face the deep underlying social tensions that still prevail throughout American society.įocussing on a protagonist known only by his surname, ‘Me’, the novel follows the narrator in his radical and outrageous scheme to reintroduce segregation in his impoverished neighbourhood of Dickens. Uncomfortable, heartbreaking and yet jarringly hilarious, The Sellout takes aim at racism and the lasting impact of white supremacist ideology on the black community. However, Beatty’s novel not only completely proved my assumptions to be ill-founded, but has also firmly rooted itself as one of my favourite reads of 2018. With this in mind, I picked up Paul Beatty’s fourth Man- Booker winning novel The Sellout, fully expecting disappointment. I have lost count of the amount of award winning texts that have left me cold despite the hype generated by the established critical panels. ![]() I must admit, I usually find myself disappointed by highly praised literary works. “Well, I’ve whispered ‘Racism’ in a post-racial world.”’ ![]() ‘”It’s illegal to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theatre, right?” ![]()
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