When we meet Ray Carney, the protagonist of “Harlem Shuffle,” Colson Whitehead’s 10th book and eighth novel, he’s in lower Manhattan, “halfway down Cortlandt, off Greenwich” visiting his radio ...

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In the embodiment of hustle, Colson Whitehead brilliantly weaves crime fiction, family drama and political history in one rollicking and heartrending novel with Harlem Shuffle. Also Read:‘The Snowy ...

For some African-American writers, New York’s uptown neighborhood of Harlem represents both a crucible and a showcase. Writing about Harlem has been known to launch literary careers, for those good ...

HARLEM SHUFFLE. By Colson Whitehead. Doubleday. 336 pages. $28.95. Colson Whitehead begins “The Harlem Shuffle,” his new novel, in the legendary space of has-been and might-be. Only a few years before ...

Colson Whitehead was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for his last two novels, The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead does extensive background research ...

Colson Whitehead has had an unrivaled recent run as an author. His 2016 novel, “The Underground Railroad,” won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, and 2019’s “The Nickel Boys” won a Pulitzer ...

At the end of Colson Whitehead’s 2021 novel, “Harlem Shuffle,” it’s 1964 and the protagonist, Ray Carney, a “slightly bent” Harlem furniture store owner with a side-hustle fencing stolen jewelry and ...