Paul Beatty
Quotes
“Still, I don’t feel guilty. If I’m indeed moving backward and dragging all of [B]lack America down with me, I couldn’t care less.”
The Sellout, p. 20 “We’ll hear argument first this morning in case 09-2606…in case 09-2606, Me v. the United States of America.”
The Sellout “Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.”
The Sellout “When we were younger, me, Marpessa, and the rest of the kids on the block would jet over to Hominy’s house after school, because what could be cooler than watching an hour of Little Rascals with a Little Rascal?”
The Sellout “But where my father saw an opportunity for information exchange, public advocacy, and communal counsel, Foy saw a midlife springboard to fame.”
The Sellout, Part 1
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Books by Paul Beatty in order
Books by Paul Beatty in the order they were published, from Big Bank Take Little Bank (1991) to Negro Sunshine (2023).
- 1Big Bank Take Little Bank
Big Bank Take Little Bank1991 - 2Joker, Joker, Deuce
Joker, Joker, Deuce1994 - 3The White Boy Shuffle
The White Boy Shuffle1996 - 4Tuff
Tuff1998 - 5Hokum
Hokum2006 - 6Slumberland
Slumberland2008 - 7Heron FleetHeron Fleet2013
- 8The Sellout
The Sellout2015 - 9Children of Fire
Children of Fire2017 - 10El vendido
El vendido2017 - 11Sprzedawczyk
Sprzedawczyk2018 - 12Negro SunshineNegro Sunshine2023