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Tony
Jan 19, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: novels, setting-nyc, teen, comingofage
I picked up Whitehead's first book (The Intuitionist) when it came out about a decade ago, mainly because I thought the author's name was interesting. Little did I know I'd stumbled across one of the best debut novels I've ever read. Next was the flawed but enjoyable John Henry Days, followed by the relatively light but still enjoyable Apex Hides the Hurt. Now, with his fourth novel, Whitehead finally turns autobiographical, and while his prose is as dexterous as ever, the book never really come ...more
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the #1 review in my feed reads "Colson Whitehead is one shit-describin' motherfucker." I can't really do much better. ...more
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Jul 05, 2010 marked it as gave-up
Got recalled to the library before I was done.
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