<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 304 pp . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0374260507 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Sellout is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the UK by Oneworld Publications in 2016 . The novel takes place in and around Los Angeles, California, and concerns a protagonist who grows artisanal marijuana and watermelons . Beatty has stated his motivation for writing the novel was that "(he) was broke". </P> <P> In October 2016, it won the 2016 Man Booker Prize, making Beatty the first US writer to win that award . Historian Amanda Foreman, chair of the judges, said: </P>

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