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Winner of the 2016 BookerWinner of the 2015 NBCC Fiction

The Sellout

by Paul Beatty

Recorded edition: Pan Macmillan India · 2016 · ISBN 1786070170 · Edition source

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First publication: 2015. Publication dates and pagination vary by edition.

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Paul Beatty’s The Sellout examines race relations in contemporary America through a story set in and around Los Angeles. Farrar, Straus and Giroux first published the novel in the United States in 2015; Oneworld published it in the United Kingdom in 2016. It won the 2016 Booker Prize, making Beatty the first American author to receive that award.

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FictionBooks That Won Multiple Literary Awards

2016 winner

The Booker Prize

United Kingdom

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National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

United States · Fiction

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