![]() ![]() The book’s African-American narrator seeks to resegregate a local school, among other controversial decisions, that skewers the country’s history of racism.Ī New York resident who was born in Los Angeles, Beatty told the NewsHour last year that the book, firstly, was criticizing himself. “Paul Beatty slays sacred cows with abandon and takes aim at racial and political taboos with wit, verve and a snarl,” she added. Lead judge Amanda Foreman called “The Sellout” a “novel for our times,” whose humor “disguises a radical seriousness.” Beatty’s satire beat out 155 competitors. The prize rules were expanded to allow writers of any nationality to be considered whose books were published in the U.K. Author Paul Beatty is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his book “The Sellout,” which satirizes racial politics in the U.S., announced today by this year’s judging panel.īeatty, 54, is the first American ever to win the award. ![]()
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