The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead [in Booklist]
30 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Repost
*STARRED REVIEW Pulitzer Prized, National Book Awarded for The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead moves a century-plus forward to 1960s Florida, where having darker skin remains crime enough (the contemporary irony looms). J.D. Jackson proceeds deliberately, his narration measured and nuanced, avoiding over-performing through even the most...