Crook Manifesto
by Colson Whitehead
☆ Shortlisted for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead is the follow-up to his 2021 heist novel Harlem Shuffle. It’s now the 1970s and Harlem furniture shop owner Ray Carney is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. Unfortunately, he risks it all to get some tickets to see the Jackson 5 for his daughter. This is a story that brings 1970s New York alive but does require you to care about the characters, so it may be worth starting with Harlem Shuffle before embarking on Crook Manifesto. A third book in what has been billed as a trilogy is also expected.
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