Tampa Bay Times

Colson Whitehead makes a fast-paced, funny return to Harlem in ‘Crook Manifesto’

This sequel to “Harlem Shuffle,” set in the 1970s, is just as entertaining and insightful. Colette is the former books editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She now writes for Bay Magazine. The Tampa Bay ...
The Boston Globe

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto,’ a sequel to ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ delves deep into the maelstrom of 1970s Harlem

At the end of Colson Whitehead’s 2021 novel, “Harlem Shuffle,” it’s 1964 and the protagonist, Ray Carney, a “slightly bent” Harlem furniture store owner with a side-hustle fencing stolen jewelry and ...