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I Am Not Sidney Poitier : A Novel by Percival Everett (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGraywolf Press
ISBN-101555975275
ISBN-139781555975272
eBay Product ID (ePID)71130415
Product Key Features
Book TitleI am Not Sidney Poitier : a Novel
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAfrican American / General, Satire, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorPercival Everett
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Percival Everett is a genius. He's a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him." -Terry McMillan "Percival Everett has made a career out of flouting expectations . . . [forging] a nervy, caustic body of work that defies easy categorization . . . [ The Water Cure ] is one of the most elliptical, eccentric protest novels you're ever likely to read." -Los Angeles Times, "Percival Everett is a genius. He's a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him." -Terry McMillan "Percival Everett has made a career out of flouting expectations . . . [forging] a nervy, caustic body of work that defies easy categorization . . . [ The Water Cure ] is one of the most elliptical, eccentric protest novels you're ever likely to read." -Los Angeles Times, "Percival Everett is a genius. He's a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him." -- Terry McMillan "Percival Everett has made a career out of flouting expectations . . . [forging] a nervy, caustic body of work that defies easy categorization . . . [ The Water Cure ] is one of the most elliptical, eccentric protest novels you're ever likely to read." -- Los Angeles Times, Percival Everett has made a career out of flouting expectations . . . [forging] a nervy, caustic body of work that defies easy categorization . . . [ The Water Cure ] is one of the most elliptical, eccentric protest novels you're ever likely to read., "Percival Everett is a genius. He's a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him." -Terry McMillan "Percival Everett has made a career out of flouting expectations . . . [forging] a nervy, caustic body of work that defies easy categorization . . . [The Water Cure] is one of the most elliptical, eccentric protest novels you're ever likely to read."-Los Angeles Times
SynopsisI Am Not Sidney Poitier is an irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on race, class, and identity in America I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk-taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in the world. I was a fighter of windmills. I was a chaser of whales. I was Not Sidney Poitier. Not Sidney Poitier is an amiable young man in an absurd country. The sudden death of his mother orphans him at age eleven, leaving him with an unfortunate name, an uncanny resemblance to the famous actor, and, perhaps more fortunate, a staggering number of shares in the Turner Broadcasting Corporation. Percival Everett's hilarious new novel follows Not Sidney's tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin color with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less-than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner, Not gets arrested in rural Georgia for driving while black, sparks a dinnertable explosion at the home of his manipulative girlfriend, and sleuths a murder case in Smut Eye, Alabama, all while navigating the recurrent communication problem: "What's your name?" a kid would ask. "Not Sidney," I would say. "Okay, then what is it?"
LC Classification NumberPS3555.V34
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- Aug 09, 2024
The title sets up the absurdity that prevails in the book.
I had expected that Not Sidney would be as enthralling as the other of his books that I've read. It is not. It seems to me that the author was working very hard to point out some of the difficulties of being Black in America, while setting it in a comic setting. It didn't work for me.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
