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Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
From the MacArthur and Whiting Award–winning author ofJohn Henry DaysandThe Intuitionistcomes a new, brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry When the citizens of Winthrop needed a new name for their town, they did what anyone would do—they hired a consultant ...Show more
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED OPRAH DAILY PICK FOR 2023 'Whether in high literary form or entertaining, page-turner mode, the man is simply incapable of writing a bad book' IAN WILLIAMS, GUARDIAN 'Whitehead has a talent for creating ambiguous, complex scenes that fix in your memory' EVENING STANDARD 'When he mo ...Show more
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Category: General Fiction
'Dazzling' New York Times 'The compelling energy of a crime thriller and the sharp wit of social satire' Guardian 'Whitehead's crime series is one of the most enjoyable streaks in recent fiction' Telegraph 'This novel has it all' Mail on Sunday A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: a powerful and hugely-ente ...Show more
Crook Manifesto - A Novel by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Summer by The Washington Post * TIME Magazine * NPR * The Los Angeles Times * USA Today * Vulture * Lit Hub * Kirkus Reviews * CrimeReads The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and huge ...Show more
Crook Manifesto: Fast, fun, ribald and pulpy, with a touch of Quentin Tarantino Sunday Times by Colson Whitehead
Category: FICTION | Series: Harlem Shuffle 2
1971 - Trash is piled on the streets, crime is at a record high, and the city is careening towards bankruptcy. A shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Ray Carney, furniture-store owner and ex fence, is trying to keep his head down, his business up, and his life on t ...Show more
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show) 'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...' To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. H ...Show more
Harlem Shuffle (#1 Ray Carney) by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...' To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents o ...Show more
Harlem Shuffle (#1 Ray Carney) by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show)'Dazzling' Guardian 'Gloriously entertaining' Evening Standard 'A rich, wild book' New York Times 'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...'To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an ...Show more
Harlem Shuffle - A Novel by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s. Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked... To his customers and neighbors on 125th stre ...Show more
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
Category: Fiction
Short-listed for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Building the railways that made America, John Henry died with a hammer in his hand moments after competing against a steam drill in a battle of endurance. The story of his death made him a legend. Over a century later, J. Sutter, a freelance journalis ...Show more
Nickel Boys (MP3) by Colson Whitehead
Category: Audio Books
Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clear-sighted grandmother, Elwood is about to enrol in the local black college. But given the time and the place, one innocent mistake is enough to ...Show more