Paul Beatty’s wickedly funny and thoughtful novel The Sellout — first published by FSG in the US in 2015, but issued in the UK by independent Oneworld in 2016 — won the Booker Prize. Oneworld also published last year’s winner, Marlon James’s A Brief History In Seven Killings. That makes the 54-year-old New Yorker the first American to ever win the prize, which opened to American contestants in 2014. An emotional Beatty told the crowd at the awards ceremony, “I wasn’t expecting this I have to say…. I can’t tell you guys how long the journey this has been for me.” He […]
