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Narrative Type
Fiction
ISBN
9780708899410
Publication Year
2019
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
The Nickel Boys: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020
Item Height
220mm
Author
Colson Whitehead
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Topic
Books
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
350 g
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020 Winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction 2020 Time #1 Novel of the Year 2019 ________________________________________________________________________ Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in 1960s Florida. Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clear-sighted grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But given the time and the place, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy his future, and so Elwood arrives at The Nickel Academy, which claims to provide 'physical, intellectual and moral training' which will equip its inmates to become 'honorable and honest men'. In reality, the Nickel Academy is a chamber of horrors, where physical, emotional and sexual abuse is rife, where corrupt officials and tradesmen do a brisk trade in supplies intended for the school, and where any boy who resists is likely to disappear 'out back'. Stunned to find himself in this vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to Dr King's ringing assertion, 'Throw us in jail, and we will still love you.' But Elwood's fellow inmate and new friend Turner thinks Elwood is naive and worse; the world is crooked, and the only way to survive is to emulate the cruelty and cynicism of their oppressors. The tension between Elwood's idealism and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision which will have decades-long repercussions. Based on the history of a real reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped and destroyed the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States. 'If greatness is excellence sustained over time, then without question, Whitehead is one of the greatest of his generation. In fact, figuring his age, acclaim, productivity and consistency, he is one of the greatest American writers alive' Time 'A commanding triumph' Sunday Times 'Every chapter hits its mark' New York Times

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Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13
9780708899410
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Book Title
The Nickel Boys: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020
Author
Colson Whitehead
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2019
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Item Height
220mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
350 g

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Colson Whitehead
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United Kingdom

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  • by joh-hopw
    02 Aug, 2023

    A very sad description of how a life of potential is destroyed

    He is such a good writer ,but the story is so depressing and devoid of hope.Human nature is capable of such evil that to constantly be reminded of this is kind of pointless.

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