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Harlem Shuffle is a 2021 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is the follow-up to Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys, which earned him his second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is a work of crime fiction and a family saga [1] that takes place in Harlem between 1959 and 1964. [2]
Sep 14, 2021 · Ray Carney is a furniture salesman and a crook in 1960s Harlem. He gets involved in a heist that goes wrong and faces danger, betrayal, and moral dilemmas.
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Sep 14, 2021 · Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem.
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Sep 15, 2021 · September 15, 20215:00 AM ET. By. Denny S. Bryce. Enlarge this image. Doubleday. A heist with a cast of zany characters, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, questionable criminal skills, and of course, a...
Sep 14, 2021 · “Harlem Shuffle” is structured as a three-part mini-series set in 1959, 1961 and 1964. As it progresses, anti-police-shooting rebellions roil Harlem; old slick gangsters give way to a new breed...
Dec 7, 2021 · A novel by Colson Whitehead about Ray Carney, a furniture salesman and a striver who dabbles in crime in 1950s and 60s Harlem. The review praises the novel's humor, energy, and social commentary, and compares it to a hard-boiled crime story.
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" Harlem Shuffle " is an R&B song written and originally recorded by the duo Bob & Earl in 1963. The song describes a dance called the “Harlem Shuffle”, and mentions several other contemporary dances of the early 1960s, including the Monkey Shine, the Limbo, the Hitch hike, the Slide, and the Pony .
