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COLSON WHITEHEAD - GEBRAUCHT THE NICKEL BOYS A ...

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning  New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Underground
Railroad  Colson Whitehead 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.  
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).   WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE  ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Time
Esquire  The Washington Post  The Guardian  Slate  NPR  Entertainment Weekly  Vox  Variety 
Christian Science Monitor  The Minneapolis Star Tribune  The Dallas Morning News  Literary Hub
BuzzFeed  The New York Public Library  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE
AWARD FINALIST  ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 10 BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE  WINNER OF THE
KIRKUS PRIZE  LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD  LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR
POLITICAL FICTION 2020

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