The Nickel Boys (2019) by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that exposes the harrowing realities of racial injustice through the story of Elwood Curtis, a Black teenager wrongly sentenced to the Nickel Academy, a brutal reform school in 1960s Florida. Drawing inspiration from the real-life Dozier School for Boys, Whitehead crafts a gripping narrative of resilience and moral compromise as Elwood clings to his ideals amid systemic cruelty, while his friend Turner embraces pragmatism to survive. The novel’s devastating twist and unflinching prose lay bare America’s legacy of violence, making it a searing companion to Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad.
The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead 2019 | 1st Edition
$35.00
- Author:
Colson Whitehead - Publisher:
Doubleday & Co, New York, 2019 - Binding:
Hardcover - Condition:
Fine - Size:
8vo - Attributes:
First Edition, Dust Jacket
First edition, first printing. Binding tight, internally fine, unmarked. Fine in Fine DJ.
