I Am Not Sidney Poitier

from Carole8

Very funny in parts. A good read

from kirstiecat

This is a good example of experimental fiction working! It's really more like a 4 1/2 star novel. It offers equal parts adventure and an examination of racial prejudice/discrimination. Not Sidney Poitier is the main character, which in and of itself sparks a great deal of hilarity whenever he is ...

from cameling

When a boy is named Not Sidney by his eccentric mother, you can see how this would cause some problems with other kids in the neighborhood and at school. ""What's your name?" a kid would ask. "Not Sidney," I would say. "Okay, then what is it?" This usually resulted in Not Sidney getting beaten to...

from SqueakyChu

I am Not Sidney Poitier is the story of a black man who is, er, not Sidney Poitier but named Not Sydney Poitier. However, this individual does bear a striking resemblence to the actor Sidney Poitier. We follow Not Sidney Poitier from the time he is orphaned at age eleven and heir to a great fortu...

from RandyMetcalfe

Not Sidney's mother was a strange, intense woman whom he believed to be crazy. His mother certainly had strange views as well as naming practices, but what she had even more of was an uncanny skill at investing. When Not Sidney becomes an orphan at the age of 11, he is almost uncountably and unac...