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The Sellout (2015)

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The Sellout
Book
7.6/10on Open Library
Published
Paul Beatty gives his narrator a Supreme Court case and an impossible attempt to put a neighborhood back on the map. Ask how a joke that seems to make one point changes when you notice who gets to tell it. Sharp satire with racist language and deliberately provocative premises.
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Bridget Jones's Diary (1996)

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Bridget Jones's Diary
Book
7.1/10on Open Library
Published
Bridget dutifully tracks cigarettes, drinks, and the mistakes she meant to avoid. Ask what’s unusual about a diary that makes its writer its chief target, and which bit of advice from the people around her still sounds familiar.
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