Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead [Paperback]

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead is a richly layered crime novel and family saga set in Harlem in the early 1960s. Ray Carney, a respectable furniture salesman with a family to support, becomes entangled in the criminal underworld when his cousin recruits him as a fence for a hotel robbery. As the heist spirals into violence and corruption, Ray is forced to navigate a dangerous double life while confronting the realities of race, class, power and organized crime in Harlem. Blending humour, social commentary and an intricate plot, the novel is ultimately both a morality tale and a tribute to Harlem.