I Am Not Sidney Poitier By Percival Everett

I Am Not Sidney Poitier By Percival EverettThe sudden death of Not Sidney Poitiers 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 shares in the Turner Corporation. Percival Everetts novel follows Not Sidneys tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin colour with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner,

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