El Umntu obhukayo ithathwa ngabaninzi, ukuba ayingabo bonke, njengelona bhaso liphambili nelinqwenelekayo kuncwadi lwaseBritane. Kulo nyaka, ngokumangalisa nangokuchasene nazo zonke iingxaki, waya kumbhali waseCalifornia UPaul Beatty wenoveli yakhe Ukuthengisa. Njengoko sele uqaphele, uBeatty akayena owaseBritane, kodwa kangangeminyaka emithathu nawuphi na umbhali othetha isiNgesi angangenisa imisebenzi yakhe kukhuphiswano loncwadi.
Eli xesha, ke, lixesha lokuqala ukuba umbhali waseMelika aphumelele amabhaso kwimbali yayo engama-48. Eyona nto ibathandwayo kubo bonke iibhukumeyikha Madeleine thien, ngenxa Musa ukuthi, ovela kwimvelaphi yaseCanada, kwaye ngubani obeya kukwazi ukwenza imbali.
Kule noveli ngumbhali owaziwayo waseCanada, okwangunjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia eyaziwayo, usibonisa indlela ehlekisayo yobudlelwane bobuhlanga banamhlanje eUnited States. Kumalungu ejaji "Inoveli yexesha lethu", apho umbhali ahombise "ubuhlanga kunye nezopolitiko ngezimvo, inkuthazo kunye nozipho".
IMan Booker inikwe ibhaso leeponti ezingama-50.000, 55.970, etshintshisana malunga nama-euro angama-XNUMX kwaye inika nawuphi na umbhali iwonga elikhulu. KuBeatty eli wonga limele inkuthazo ebalulekileyo kwikhondo lomsebenzi wakhe wokubhala nalapho sele kuvela iinoveli ezine; Ukuthengisa, ISlumberland, I-Tuff y Umfana oMhlophe uxubushe, eyayiyincwadi yakhe yokuqala yoncwadi ngo-1996.
Ubumazi uPaul Beatty ngaphambi kokuba anikwe iMan Booker?. Ukuba impendulo iyalandula, sele unezizathu ngohlobo lokuwongwa ukuze ufunde iSellout.