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Paul Beatty

Biography

Paul Beatty

Paul Beatty is the author of three novels --- SLUMBERLAND, TUFF and THE WHITE BOY SHUFFLE --- and two books of poetry: BIG BANK TAKE LITTLE BANK and JOKER, JOKER, DEUCE. He is the editor of HOKUM: An Anthology of African-American Humor. In 2016, he became the first American to win the Man Booker Prize. He lives in New York City.

Paul Beatty

Books by Paul Beatty

by Paul Beatty - Fiction

The winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, THE SELLOUT is a biting, comic novel of a young black man's psychological upbringing and journey to the Supreme Court, satirizing race relations in the 21st century.