As memorable and entertaining of a reading experience as I've had in years. Shocking, funny, absurd, but also very thoughtful and hard-hitting as satire. I think it's a rare turn to be able to not completely lose the message inside such an outlandish scenario, but the novel is very focused despite being seemingly all over the place. The Sellout brings up questions of ownership, not only of property but also of culture and lifestyle in a "post-racist" America that offered a new perspective to me personally by bringing into focus the fact that no longer talking about something doesn't make it no longer exist, and in fact, can tend to make it even worse.
Reviewed on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, 7:40am.
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