The Nickel Boys

Name: The Nickel Boys
Author: Colson Whitehead

by Colson Whitehead

True story of abuse at a reformatory school revealing systemic cruelty and injustice

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Colson Whitehead

American novelist who has won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. His work reimagines African American history through speculative and realist lenses. He is one of the most honored American writers of his generation.

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