The Sellout

By Paul Beatty

Raised by a single father--a controversial sociologist at Riverside Community College--the narrator spent his Los Angeles childhood as the subject in psychological studies, classic experiments revised to include a racially-charged twist. He also grew up believing this pioneering work might result in a memoir that would solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a shoot-out with the police, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral and some maudlin what-ifs.

Published by Picador

0.9" x 8.1" x 5.4" / 0.61 lbs

304 pages