Book · 2021 · American literature
Harlem Shuffle
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I just finished last night Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead who's one of my favorite authors.
What they say about it
- Discussing the setting“world's fair in this time”3
The best things said about it
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
In Harlem Shuffle there is a um a night of Madness a corrupt cop takes carne on a series of Adventures across a terrible night in Harlem.
It's much more desperate than say the 1964 uh section of of Harlem Shuffle which took place during the World's Fair in this time of op jet age optimism.
In Harlem Shuffle you write, "Everyone had secret corners and alleys that no one saw. What mattered were your major streets and boulevards, the stuff that showed up in other people's.
The 125th Street of Harlem Shuffle is gone because now Nike stores and Shake Shack and Gap and Magic Johnson theaters.
His first one came out in 2021; it was called Harlem Shuffle.
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Why people recommend it
Harlem Shuffle is a 2021 novel by Colson Whitehead that follows Ray Carney, a furniture salesman in 1960s Harlem navigating a double life involving low-level crime and heists. The book has been discussed by its author and recommended by public figures on political and literary podcasts. On Pod Save America, Dan Pfeiffer recommended Harlem Shuffle as an engaging, well-crafted crime novel alongside S.A. Cosby's work. The novel was also the subject of an in-depth literary discussion on The Book Review podcast, where host Gilbert Cruz and author Colson Whitehead explored the book's critical reception and its stylistic shift into a different mode of storytelling. During the interview, Whitehead reflected on the timing of publishing Harlem Shuffle while he was already halfway through writing its sequel, Crook Manifesto. He described how the first book established Ray Carney's divided nature, featured a chaotic night of corruption and adventure through Harlem orchestrated by a corrupt cop, and incorporated minor characters like Zippa who would later return in the sequel. Cruz also contrasted the desperate tone of the sequel with the optimistic, jet-age atmosphere of the 1964 World's Fair section found within the pages of Harlem Shuffle.
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Dan Pfeiffer uh two books uh one Harlem Shuffle by Coulson Whitehead and oh razor blade tear by sa Cosby 2
“uh two books uh one Harlem Shuffle by Coulson Whitehead and oh razor blade tear by sa Cosby”
“i just finished last night harlem shuffle by colson whitehead who's one of my favorite authors”
Colson Whitehead I was halfway through crook Manifesto when Harlem Shuffle came out so it would have been very embarrassing… 5
“he's a divided nature and over the course of first book Harlem Shuffle and then this book crook Manifesto”
“I was halfway through crook Manifesto when Harlem Shuffle came out so it would have been very embarrassing if everyone hated Harlem Shuffle and here I am with here's my sequel to the book no one liked also”
“in Harlem Shuffle there is a um a night of Madness a corrupt cop takes carne on a series of Adventures across a terrible night in Harlem”
“I am trying to think of the person who's starting with this book I'm trying not to bore the person who read Harlem Shuffle two years ago or longer years from now”
“zippa was a minor character in Harlem Shuffle I was planning the second book and trying to figure out who auditioning who would come back”
Gilbert Cruz the reception to your previous book Harlem Shuffle was an interesting one I thought because it seems to hav… 5
“the reception to your previous book Harlem Shuffle was an interesting one I thought because it seems to have match your desire to to move into to a different mode right”
“it's much more desperate than say the 1964 uh section of of Harlem Shuffle which took place during the World's Fair in this time of op jet age optimism”
“one of the things I love about these two books to be honest maybe it's a small thing maybe it's not to but it's the names Momo Mike yella T-Bone given put put Lewis there's a guy in the first book named lelot St John are just do you put a bunch of stuff in a hat”
“one thing that recurs in these books at least to me is the way that you use the city and some of its features is as metaphor right so in Harlem Shuffle you write everyone had secret corners and alleys that no one saw What mattered were your major streets and boulevards the stuff that showed up in other people's”
“the 125th Street of Harlem Shuffle is gone because now Nike stores and Shake Shack and GAP and Magic Johnson theaters”
Pamela Paul Coulson White had joins us now from Manhattan his latest novel is Harlem Shuffle 2
“Coulson White had joins us now from Manhattan his latest novel is Harlem Shuffle”
“and then in this book Harlem Shuffle you were in the 1960s”
Joumana Khatib his first one came out in 2021 it was called Harlem Shuffle 1
“his first one came out in 2021 it was called Harlem Shuffle”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“today I'm joined by Coulson Whit most recently the author of crook Manifesto and Harlem Shuffle two crime novel set in Harlem during the' 60s and' 70s”
“he's back with crooked Manifesto a sequel to his novel Harlem Shuffle”
“some of my characters like pepper who was a seasoned criminal in the Harlem Shuffle who's seen it all”
“but I'm now doing a second book about Carney in the 1970s”