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The Sellout
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"Unmitigated Blackness is coming to the realization that as fucked up and meaningless as it all is, sometimes it's the nihilism that makes life worth living."
- Paul Beautty, The Sellout
THIS novel. THIS one. It snuck up on my white ass and turned everything inside out. It is easily one of my favorite books I've read the last couple years. Funny. Sad. Touching. Radical. Poetic. I will actually frame this all into a real review soon, but for now, just know this novel seems to combine the go-for-broke comedy of Dave Chappelle with the bitch-slap lyricism of James Baldwin, the funky regionalism of Marlon James, and the subversive satire of Ishamel Reed. If you start this book, step into its neighborhood, just know it will OWN you by the end.
- Paul Beautty, The Sellout
THIS novel. THIS one. It snuck up on my white ass and turned everything inside out. It is easily one of my favorite books I've read the last couple years. Funny. Sad. Touching. Radical. Poetic. I will actually frame this all into a real review soon, but for now, just know this novel seems to combine the go-for-broke comedy of Dave Chappelle with the bitch-slap lyricism of James Baldwin, the funky regionalism of Marlon James, and the subversive satire of Ishamel Reed. If you start this book, step into its neighborhood, just know it will OWN you by the end.
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Reading Progress
February 7, 2018
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Started Reading
February 7, 2018
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February 9, 2018
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February 9, 2018
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aere-perennius
February 9, 2018
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american
February 9, 2018
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fiction
February 9, 2018
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Finished Reading
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Feb 09, 2018 07:41PM
Such an amazing book! I loved it!
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I love satire and this one dialed it to 11.
I look forward to you framing "this all into a real review." And remind me please. This here GR sometimes has a weird way off leaving my friends reviews of my feed. :-)
It's the perfect satire! Finding a perfect satire is so rare.
Michael wrote: "It's the perfect satire! Finding a perfect satire is so rare."Agreed.
4triplezed wrote: "I look forward to you framing "this all into a real review." And remind me please. This here GR sometimes has a weird way off leaving my friends reviews of my feed. :-)"Wilco 12
"It snuck up on my white ass and turned everything inside out." Perhaps that should be kept between you and your gastroenterologist. I'll put it on my "Want to Read" list.
Lawrence wrote: ""It snuck up on my white ass and turned everything inside out." Perhaps that should be kept between you and your gastroenterologist. I'll put it on my "Want to Read" list."Come on Lawrence, that line was sphincter-tight.
