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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.
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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.
CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. Colson Whitehead’s kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time.
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.
13 de jul. de 2023 · The first part of the new novel unfolds against the backdrop of racial violence, with corrupt cops and crooked politicians stoking tensions in black neighbourhoods, while the Black Liberation...
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