I Am Not Sidney Poitier
21 March 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
I Am Not Sidney Poitier is a comic tour de force from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Trees, Dr No and Erasure (adapted into an Oscar-nominated film).
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...
Details
21 March 2024454 minutes
Amir Abdullah
9781035036509Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A hilarious and heart-breaking story of class and raceThe White Review
The most sidesplitting dialogue this side of Catch-22 . . . Not only is the novel smart and without a trace of pretentiousness, it shows Everett as a novelist at the height of his narrative and satirical powersPublishers Weekly
[A] hilarious strut through the badlands of race and classNPR
Percival Everett adds another unique and entertaining new novel to his collection of fiction with I Am Not Sidney Poitier. Readers can expect the tongue-in-cheek writing style and off-the-wall energy characteristic of Everett . . . Everett succeeds in presenting a comical yet thought-provoking novel that questions the line separating reality from fictionCallaloo
