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The Nickel Boys

The Nickel Boys Hardcover - 2019

by Whitehead, Colson

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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New York: Doubleday, 2019. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author.. First Edition stated with full number line 10-1. Signed by author to title page. In black boards with silver foil to type on spine. One inch horizontal dent to top of rear panel near spine. Light wear to spine ends. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with light wear to spine ends and aforementioned dent.
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  • Title The Nickel Boys
  • Author Whitehead, Colson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First US Edition/First Printing
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Doubleday, New York
  • Date 2019
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # LPB008619CW
  • ISBN 9780385537070 / 0385537077
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 3.30 cm)
  • Reading level 940
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Florida
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018042961
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers.

From the publisher

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. - "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." --NPR

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood's only salvation is his friendship with fellow "delinquent" Turner, which deepens despite Turner's conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.

Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers and "should further cement Whitehead as one of his generation's best" (Entertainment Weekly).

Look for Colson Whitehead's new novel, Crook Manifesto!

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2019, Page 38
  • BookPage, 08/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2019, Page 43
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 02/01/2019, Page 61
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/11/2019, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 07/16/2019, Page 0

About the author

Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, which in 2016 won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, as well as The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and The Colossus of New York. He is also a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a recipient of the MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. He lives in New York City.

Colson Whitehead is available for select speakingengagements. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureauat speakers@ penguinrandomhouse.com or visitwww.prhspeakers.com.

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