Beatty, Paul.
Summary: "Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same bedroom you'd grown up in, looking up at the crack in the stucco ceiling that had been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist at Riverside...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: A..A.. Knopf 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEASummary: Step into the world of the original Mad Max movie and take a rare behind-the-scenes look at the making of this groundbreaking, iconic Australian film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set against the backdrop of the changing seasons, Paul, a short-fused ex-con, finds unlikely comfort, stability, and camaraderie when he takes an odd job in park maintenance. On his first day, he's teamed with Murph, a groundskeeping veteran who manages to defuse an outburst between Paul and their snide supervisor. Paul sticks with the job, and, as the months pass, he and Murph work their way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002