Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Harlem ShuffleISBN13:9780525567271ISBN10:0525567275Author:Whitehead, Colson (Author)Description:New York Times Bestseller - From The Two-Time Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Of The Underground Railroad And The Nickel Boys, This Gloriously Entertaining Novel Is Fast-Paced, Keen-Eyed And Very Funny About Race, Power And The History Of Harlem All Disguised As A Thrill-Ride Crime Novel (San Francisco Chronicle) 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 Decent Life For Himself And His Family He And His Wife Elizabeth Are Expecting Their Second Child, And If Her Parents On Striver's Row Don't Approve Of Him Or Their Cramped Apartment Across From The Subway Tracks, It's Still Home Few People Know He Descends From A Line Of Uptown Hoods And Crooks, And That His Fa?Ade Of Normalcy Has More Than A Few Cracks In It Cracks That Are Getting Bigger All The Time Cash Is Tight, Especially With All Those Installment-Plan Sofas, So If His Cousin Freddie Occasionally Drops Off The Odd Ring Or Necklace, Ray Doesn't Ask Where It Comes From He Knows A Discreet Jeweler Downtown Who Doesn't Ask Questions, Either Then Freddie Falls In With A Crew Who Plan To Rob The Hotel Theresa--The Waldorf Of Harlem--And Volunteers Ray's Services As The Fence The Heist Doesn't Go As Planned; They Rarely Do Now Ray Has A New Clientele, One Made Up Of Shady Cops, Vicious Local Gangsters, Two-Bit Pornographers, And Other Assorted Harlem Lowlifes Thus Begins The Internal Tussle Between Ray The Striver And Ray The Crook As Ray Navigates This Double Life, He Begins To See Who Actually Pulls The Strings In Harlem Can Ray Avoid Getting Killed, Save His Cousin, And Grab His Share Of The Big Score, All While Maintaining His Reputation As The Go-To Source For All Your Quality Home Furniture Needs? Harlem Shuffle's Ingenious Story Plays Out In A Beautifully Recreated New York City Of The Early 1960S It's A Family Saga Masquerading As A Crime Novel, A Hilarious Morality Play, A Social Novel About Race And Power, And Ultimately A Love Letter To Harlem But Mostly, It's A Joy To Read, Another Dazzling Novel From The Pulitzer Prize And National Book Award-Winning Colson Whitehead Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Anchor BooksPublication Date:2022-08-09Weight:0.57 lbsDimensions:0.69'' H x 8'' L x 5.19'' WNumber of Pages:336Language:English
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Book Title: Harlem Shuffle : a Novel
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Topic: Thrillers / Crime, Mystery & Detective / Historical, African American / General, Crime, African American / Historical, Literary, African American / Mystery & Detective
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Author: Colson Whitehead
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
