Paul Beatty Books

Paul Beatty is an American novelist and poet known for sharp, irreverent satire of race and American culture. His novels include *The White Boy Shuffle*, *Tuff*, *Slumberland*, and *The Sellout*. The last won the…

Paul Beatty is an American novelist and poet known for sharp, irreverent satire of race and American culture. His novels include *The White Boy Shuffle*, *Tuff*, *Slumberland*, and *The Sellout*. The last won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the 2016 Man Booker Prize, making Beatty the first American writer to receive the award. His work often explores identity, history, and the contradictions of contemporary life through humor and provocation.