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Sep 15, 2021 · The versatile novelist moves away from the heavier themes that won him a brace of Pulitzer Prizes in Harlem Shuffle, a heist caper starring a mostly-upright furniture salesman with a criminal...
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The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick...
These questions have been tailored to this book’s specific reading experience, but if you want more ideas, we also have an article with 101 generic book club questions. 1. Every character–main and secondary–in this novel has a dream. Some are big and some are simple, but all of the hopes and dreams have collateral consequences. Whose dreams do you ...
“Amor Towles spins a beguiling and rollicking historical adventure set in the 1950s, brilliantly imaginative, and with an unforgettable cast of character…A superb novel that I recommend highly, a wonderful must read.” “A meandering, long-winded adventure with too many side stories. But the characters, especially Emmett and Billy, kept me reading. T...
If you are keen to read more historical perspective on the Black American experience, consider The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerton Sexton. It features a multigenerational story set in 1920’s rural Louisiana and present day New Orleans. We have a book club guide for The Revisioners, which also has some additional related reading suggestions. The L...
Sep 14, 2021 · Harlem Shuffle is a set of three loosely-related stories about furniture salesman and reluctant crook Ray Carney. He wants to lead an honest life, but that's not easy as a Black man in 1960s Harlem.
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Sep 10, 2021 · The murky distinction between legality and illegality sits at the core of Harlem Shuffle. Ray encounters two paths: He can follow Freddie into further criminality or try to become an upstanding...
Dec 7, 2021 · Harlem Shuffle is a bravura performance, an immersive, laugh-out-loud, riveting adventure whose narrative energy is boosted by its memorable hero and a highly relevant backdrop of social injustice.
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 13, 2021 · There’s nothing zany about “Harlem Shuffle,” but Whitehead has cast this novel with toughs like Chet the Vet, who flashes gold canines, and Miami Joe, who wears a high-waisted purple suit.
