{"product_id":"157358494_product","title":"Colson Whitehead - Nickel Boys   Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fict","description":"Pages Count - 196. Binding type - Perfect. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe item is a book Paperback\u003cbr\u003eThe Author Name is Colson Whitehead\u003cbr\u003eThe Title is The Nickel Boys : Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Comments\u003cbr\u003ePages Count - 196. Binding type - Perfect. \u003cbr\u003eCategory - FICTION \/ Friendship\u003cbr\u003eFICTION \/ African American \u0026amp; Black \/ Historical\u003cbr\u003eFICTION \/ African American \u0026amp; Black \/ General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Description -\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020Time #1 Novel of the Year 2019'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'A real page-turner' Mail on Sunday________________________________________________________________________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.\r\n\r\n 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'.\r\n\r\n 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.' 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