El Indoda yokubhuka ithathwa ngabaningi, uma kungebona bonke, njengomklomelo ohlonishwa kakhulu futhi othandwayo ezincwadini zaseBrithani. Kulo nyaka, ngokumangala nangaphandle kwazo zonke izingqinamba, waya kumbhali waseCalifornia UPaul Beatty wenoveli yakhe Abathengisi. Njengoba kungenzeka uke waqaphela, uBeatty akayena owaseBrithani, kepha iminyaka emithathu noma yimuphi umbhali okhuluma isiNgisi angaletha imisebenzi yakhe emncintiswaneni wokubhala.
Lesi sikhathi, ngakho-ke, kungokokuqala ukuthi umbhali waseMelika azuze le ndondo emlandweni wayo weminyaka engama-48. Intandokazi yabo bonke ababhuki kwaba Madeleine thien, ngenxa Ungasho ukuthi thina, odabuka eCanada, futhi obekwazile futhi ukuqopha umlando.
Kule noveli yombhali owaziwayo waseCanada, ophinde abe nguprofesa e-Columbia University ehlonishwayo, usikhombisa indlela ehlekisayo ebudlelwaneni besimanje bobuhlanga e-United States. Kumalungu wejaji yiwo "Inoveli yesikhathi sethu", lapho umlobi efekethise "izigaxa zobuhlanga nezepolitiki ezinobuhlakani, umfutho nozipho".
IMan Booker inikezwe umklomelo wamakhilogremu angama-50.000 55.970, okushintshana ngawo kungama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-XNUMX futhi okunikeza noma yimuphi umbhali udumo olukhulu. KuBeatty lo mklomelo umele umfutho obalulekile emsebenzini wakhe wokubhala nalapho kuvela khona amanoveli amane; Abathengisi, slumberland, I-Tuff y Ukuxuba Umfana Omhlophe, okwakuyi-debut yakhe yezincwadi ngo-1996.
Ngabe ubumazi uPaul Beatty ngaphambi kokuba anikezwe iMan Booker?. Uma impendulo ingu-negative, usuvele unezaba ngohlobo lomklomelo wokufunda i-The Sellout.