Description
| Product ID: | 9781035036493 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Title: | I Am Not Sidney Poitier |
| Authors: | Author: Percival Everett |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adventure / action fiction, Humour, Adventure, Humour, USA, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A brilliant satire of mistaken identity, race and class in America. <p><i><b>I Am Not Sidney Poitier</b></i><b> is a comic tour de force from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of <i>The Trees</i>, <i>Dr No</i> and <i>Erasure</i> (adapted into an Oscar-nominated film).</b><br><br>The sudden death of Not Sidney Poitier’s mother orphans him at age eleven. He is left with a name no one understands, an uncanny resemblance to an Oscar-winning actor, and serious amount of shares in the Turner Corporation.<br><br>Percival Everett’s novel follows Not Sidney’s tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin colour with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner, Not Sidney learns to navigate a world that doesn’t know what to do with him.<br><br>This novel ranks as one of the greatest achievements of Percival Everett, an overlooked master of American storytelling.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-21 |