Started: 3/17/2024
Finished: DNF
Year: 2009
Pages: 234
Genre: literature
Grade: F
Reason for reading: Levar Burton book, library
Type: paperback
Blurb (from Amazon): "Not Sidney Poitier is an amiable young man in an absurd country. The sudden death of his mother orphans him at age eleven, leaving him with an unfortunate name, an uncanny resemblance to the famous actor, and, perhaps more fortunate, a staggering number of shares in the Turner Broadcasting Corporation. Percival Everett's hilarious new novel follows Not Sidney's tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin color with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less-than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner, Not gets arrested in rural Georgia for driving while black, sparks a dinner table explosion at the home of his manipulative girlfriend, and sleuths a murder case in Smut Eye, Alabama, all while navigating the recurrent communication problem: 'What's your name?'' a kid would ask. 'Not Sidney,' I would say. 'Okay, then what is it?'"
Opinion: I made it halfway through before tossing it aside. Just not a character that I cared about. The writing was fine. I have too many other books to read to keep trying to read something that isn't interesting me.
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