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Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens, on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of lower-middle-class Californians: "I'd die in the same bedroom I'd grown up in, looking up at the cracks in the stucco ceiling tha...
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Oneworld,
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| Publisher Address: | London, England : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens, on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of lower-middle-class Californians: "I'd die in the same bedroom I'd grown up in, looking up at the cracks in the stucco ceiling that've been there since the '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist, he spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. He is led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes. But when his father is k |
| Carrier Form: | 288 pages ; 20 cm |
| Awards: | Man Booker Prize 2016 |
| ISBN: |
9781786071460 (paperback) : 1786071460 (paperback) 9781786070166 (ebook) 1786070162 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | PS3552 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/B369-10 |