Who has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize?

Who has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize?
[A]Sam Lipsyte
[B]Amanda Foreman
[C]Paul Beatty
[D]Marlon James

Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his racial satire, ‘The Sellout’ at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall. With this, he becomes the first American writer to win the Man Booker Prize. The novel tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate slavery and racial segregation in a suburb of Los Angeles. It is a satire on United States constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship and the holy grail of racial equality. The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language and published in the UK.

Originally written on October 27, 2016 and last modified on December 20, 2023.

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