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Ray Carney was the main character in Colson Whitehead’s boisterous 2021 novel, “Harlem Shuffle,” and he’s back in the sequel, “Crook Manifesto.” Whitehead, a double Pulitzer Prize winner for “The ...

Aug. 5—Colson Whitehead is a double Pulitzer Prize winner for "The Nickel Boys" and "The Underground Railroad." One is a book about the torment suffered by boys in a Florida juvenile reformatory, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead’s latest literary honor feels very much at home. The author’s “Crook Manifesto,” a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and centered on a beleaguered furniture store owner, ...

Midway through Colson Whitehead’s new novel Crook Manifesto, a filmmaker muses on how “reviewers like to trap you in their idea of you”, just as old friends and family only see “who you used to be”.

Whitehead says his novel was inspired by his love of heist movies. The story centers on a furniture store owner who has a side hustle trafficking... Colson Whitehead returns to his home turf with ...

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NEW YORK – Colson Whitehead's latest literary honor feels very much at home. The author's “Crook Manifesto,” a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and centered on a beleaguered furniture store owner, is ...