TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE A powerful entertaining novel that summons 1970s New
York in all its seedy glory. 1971 New York City. Trash piles up on the streets crime is at
an all-time high the city is going bankrupt. Ray Carney furniture store owner and ex-fence
tries to keep his head down his business up and his life straight. When he needs Jackson 5
tickets for his daughter May he hits up Munson an old police contact. But Munson has his own
favours to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated - and deadly.
1973. As a thriving counterculture overthrows old ways Pepper - seasoned crook and Carney's
partner in crime - is a constant. He takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation
shoot and finds himself in a world of Hollywood stars and celebrity drug dealers along with
the usual cast of hustlers mobsters and hit men. 1976. Harlem is burning while the country
gears up for the Bicentennial. When a fire seriously injures one of Carney's tenants he
enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it navigating a crumbling metropolis run by the
shady the violent and the utterly corrupted. 'Fast fun ribald... with a touch of Quentin
Tarantino' Sunday Times 'Whitehead's crime series is one of the most enjoyable streaks in
recent fiction' Telegraph 'This novel has it all' Mail on Sunday 'A delight' Financial Times
'Hugely enticing' Independent [audio available logo] thumbnail of HARLEM SHUFFLE cover
