The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) by Colson Whitehead

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).

WINER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

ONE OF THE BEST BOKS 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 BESTSELER

NATIONAL BOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 10 BEST FICTION BOKS OF THE DECADE

WINER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOK AWARD

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWEL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020

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 speaking engagements. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@ penguinrandomhouse.com or visitwww.prhspeakers.com.

Dion Graham, from HBO's The Wire, also narrates The First 48 on A&E. A multiple Audie Award-winning and critically acclaimed actor and narrator, he has performed on Broadway, off Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series.

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ISBN 13	9780385537070
ISBN 10	0385537077
Title	The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Author	Colson Whitehead
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2019-07-16
Number of pages	224
Prizes	Winner of ALA Alex Award 2020, Winner of Kirkus Prize for Fiction 2019, Winner of Orwell Prize 2020, Winner of Pulitzer Prize (Fiction) 2020, Short-listed for Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction 2020, Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2021, Short-listed for Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2019, Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2019
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