I Am Not Sidney Poitier is a riveting comic series from master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent story about race, class and identity in America.
In my life I have been a gambler, an adventurer, a swordsman, a knight. I accepted, at that moment, my place in the world. I am a windmill warrior. I am a whale hunter. I'm not Sidney Poitier.No, Sidney Poitier is a nice guy in an absurd country. His mother's sudden death orphaned him at age 11, leaving him with an unlucky name, an uncanny resemblance to a famous actor, and perhaps luckiest of all, an impressive number of shares. in Turner Broadcasting Corporation.
Percival Everett's hilarious new novel follows the tumultuous life of Not Sidney, as the social hierarchy struggles to balance her skin color and her fabulous wealth. Growing up under the watchful eye of his adoptive father, Ted Turner, Not was arrested in rural Georgia for driving while black, caused an explosion at the dinner table at his manipulative girlfriend's house, and investigating a murder case in Smut Eye, Alabama. , while solving the recurring communication problem: “ what is your name?” » a child will ask.“Not Sidney,” I would say. “Okay, so what?
