Winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his novel 'The Sellout', Paul Beatty speaks on stage at the 2016 Man Booker Prize at The Guildhall in London, England. Photo: Reuters
Paul Beatty becomes first US author to win Man Booker Prize, beating former Hong Kong academic Madeleine Thien
Winning novel The Sellout paints a deeply funny and unsettling portrait of the contemporary United States
Winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his novel 'The Sellout', Paul Beatty speaks on stage at the 2016 Man Booker Prize at The Guildhall in London, England. Photo: Reuters