After returning from the Supreme Court hearing of Me v. The United States, this novel’s narrator watches racist Little Rascals tapes such as “Hotsy Totsy Nazi.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this winner of the 2016 Booker Prize. This novel’s narrator tries to reintroduce segregation to the fictional ghetto of Dickens after it becomes unincorporated.
ANSWER: The Sellout (by Paul Beatty)
[10e] In The Sellout, Dickens disappears from maps in an effort to keep property values up on the outskirts of this city. This city is the setting of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Inherent Vice.
ANSWER: Los Angeles [or LA]
[10h] Cuz teaches Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice to Crip Walk at this Dickens bakery. A group of “Intellectuals” who meet at this bakery are led by Foy Chesire, who rewrites famous novels with titles like Measured Expectations.
ANSWER: Dum Dum Donuts [accept Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals]
<Seth Ebner, American Literature>