Description: 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). 100% AuthenticBrand new; unreadSigned by Colson Whitehead (signatures vary since these are hand signed)First EditionLater PrintingTrade PaperbackKnopf Doubleday PublishingPrinted in the USAComes from a smoke-free and pet-free homeThank you for looking!Price is firm. I do not accept offers nor give discounts.
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Signed By: Colson Whitehead
Book Title: Nickel Boys : a Novel
Original Language: English
Item Length: 8in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.7in
Personalized: No
Features: Hand Signed
Topic: African American / General, Literary, Coming of Age, Historical
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Width: 5.2in
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Anchor Books Edition
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Novel
Author: Colson Whitehead
Genre: Historical
Seller: MAPPSMARKET
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages