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Paul Beatty is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker. Wikipedia  

✵ 1962
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The Sellout
The Sellout
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The Sellout
The Sellout
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Famous Paul Beatty Quotes

“My father had a theory that poor people are the best drivers because they can’t afford to carry car insurance and have to drive like they live, defensively.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

Source: The Sellout

“If Disneyland was indeed the Happiest Place on Earth, you'd either keep it a secret or the price of admission would be free and not equivalent to the yearly per capita income of a small sub-Saharan African nation like Detroit.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

Source: The Sellout

“If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.”

Paul Beatty

“It’s illegal to yell ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater, right?” “It is.” “Well, I’ve whispered ‘Racism’ in a post-racial world.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

Source: The Sellout

“But today I’m all medulla oblongata and I can’t concentrate.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

The Sellout

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