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Mar 18, 2016 the sellout wins national book critics circles fiction award paul beatty, whose novel the sellout is a scorching satire that wrenches humor out of painful subjects like slavery. A longtime member of the berkeley faculty, she is currently senior lecturer for creative writing. His most recent novel, the throwback special, was a finalist for the national book award. Author of the friend sigrid nunez accepts the 2018 national book award for fiction.
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