Tampa Bay Times

Colson Whitehead makes a fast-paced, funny return to Harlem in ‘Crook Manifesto’

This sequel to “Harlem Shuffle,” set in the 1970s, is just as entertaining and insightful. Colette is the former books editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She now writes for Bay Magazine. The Tampa Bay ...
The New York Times

Colson Whitehead Returns to Harlem, and His Hero Returns to Crime

“Crook Manifesto,” set in the 1970s, finds the “Harlem Shuffle” protagonist Ray Carney drawn back into the game in order to score Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter. Credit...Stella Murphy Supported ...
NPR

'Crook Manifesto' takes Colson Whitehead's heist hero in search of Jackson 5 tickets

"It was the Jackson 5 after all who put Ray Carney back in the game following four years on the straight and narrow." So writes Colson Whitehead at the start of Crook Manifesto, the sequel to his 2021 ...
The New York Times

Colson Whitehead on ‘Crook Manifesto’ and Harlem in the ’70s

Gilbert Cruz is joined by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead, who talks about his novel “Crook Manifesto,” which picks up the tale of furniture salesman and sometime crook Ray Carney, and ...