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Crook Manifesto (Colson Whitehead) – book review

Robert Goodman1 year ago1 year ago05 mins

In Crook Manifesto, multi award winning author Colson Whitehead returns to the Harlem of Ray Carney for some continuing adventures in crime in his follow up to 2021’s Harlem Shuffle. Similar in structure to the first book, Crook Manifesto comprises three long short stories, each some time on from the last. Through these stories Whitehead…

Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead) – book review

Robert Goodman3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

Colson Whitehead deservedly won the Pulitzer Prize (and a bunch of other awards) for his previous two novels. Both detailed tragic times in the history of America: The Underground Railroad (2016) was a dark fantasy on responses to slavery, while The Nickle Boys (2019) explored the impact of institutionalisation and the associated abuse of young…

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Crook Manifesto (Colson Whitehead) – book review

Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead) – book review