"The first 100 pages of [Paul Beatty's] new novel, The Sellout, are the most caustic and the most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I've read in at least a decade." –Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"[
The Sellout] is among the most important and difficult American novels written in the 21st century . . . It is a bruising novel that readers will likely never forget." –Kiese Laymon,
Los Angeles Times "Swiftian satire of the highest order . . . Giddy, scathing and dazzling." –Sam Sacks,
The Wall Street Journal "
The Sellout isn't just one of the most hilarious American novels in years, it also might be the first truly great satirical novel of the century . . . [It] is a comic masterpiece, but it's much more than just that-it's one of the smartest and most honest reflections on race and identity in America in a very long time." –Michael Schaub,
NPR.org "Beatty, author of the deservedly highly praised
The White Boy Shuffle (1996), here outdoes himself and possibly everybody else in a send-up of race, popular culture, and politics in today's America . . . Beatty hits on all cylinders in a darkly funny, dead-on-target, elegantly written satire . . . [
The Sellout] is frequently laugh-out-loud funny and, in the way of the great ones, profoundly thought provoking. A major contribution." –
Mark Levin, Booklist (starred review) "
The Sellout is brilliant. Amazing. Like demented angels wrote it." –
Sarah Silverman "I am glad that I read this insane book alone, with no one watching, because I fell apart with envy, hysterics, and flat-out awe. Is there a more fiercely brilliant and scathingly hilarious American novelist than Paul Beatty?" –
Ben Marcus "Paul Beatty has always been one of smartest, funniest, gutsiest writers in America, but
The Sellout sets a new standard. It's a spectacular explosion of comic daring, cultural provocation, brilliant, hilarious prose, and genuine heart." –
Sam Lipsyte