Monday, June 22, 2020

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

His second Pulitzer! What a powerful book. Different in its power from The Underground Railroad, I thought. Much more spare in its detail. The detail was between the lines. I can't quite explain that, but I felt it strongly.  He said a lot with few words. The atrocities were alluded to but not described in detail. And the reader was glad!
Definitely worth reading and a real twist in the end.
Highly recommended.  Read this right at the time of the George Floyd shooting which made it even more powerful




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