Description
A young man known only as Not Sidney Poitier is orphaned at eleven and, in a twist that upends every expectation, inherits an astonishing fortune in the form of shares in Turner Broadcasting Corporation. As he grows into adulthood, his life becomes a high-stakes negotiation between identity and performance—what it means to be seen, to be marketed, and to be reduced to a role others think they recognize. Percival Everett’s sharp, inventive storytelling blends satire and social critique, probing themes of race, media power, and the uneasy bargain between authenticity and survival. With wit and moral urgency, the novel asks how much of a person is self-authored—and what happens when wealth and visibility turn that question into a trap.
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paperback
ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2010
338 pages
ISBN: 9781458758453
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett.