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Crook Manifesto is a 2023 novel by Colson Whitehead. It returns to the fictional world of his previous book, Harlem Shuffle. It is a work of crime fiction and a family saga that takes place in Harlem during three periods: 1971, 1973, and 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial celebration. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
13 de jul. de 2023 · Returning to the world of his novel “Harlem Shuffle,” Colson Whitehead’s “Crook Manifesto” is a dazzling treatise, a glorious and intricate anatomy of the heist, the con and the slow game.
18 de jul. de 2023 · Set in the 1970s, “Crook Manifesto” sees Ray trying to obtain Jackson Five tickets for his teen-age daughter. This simple act draws him back into a murky underworld which he would rather have left behind.
A crime fiction series set in 1970s New York, featuring a furniture store owner and a security guard who get involved in various heists and schemes. The novel explores the history, culture, and politics of Harlem and America through the lens of humor, satire, and drama.
18 de jul. de 2023 · Like so many middle books in a trilogy, Crook Manifesto feels more like a bridge than a fully self-contained work. Its hopscotch chronology gives it a swift, almost breezy ease.
18 de jul. de 2023 · Ray Carney, a furniture store owner and ex-fence, gets involved in various crimes and capers in 1970s New York. The novel is the second part of The Harlem Trilogy, following Harlem Shuffle, and explores the city's seedy glory, corruption, and social change.
13 de jul. de 2023 · Pepper is sent to track her down. Sucked into a sordid world, he must rely on his own peculiarly warped morality — his crook manifesto — to keep from being subsumed entirely.
