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Synopsis
Colson Whitehead dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.
Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children.
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- PublisherHACHETTE
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0708899439
- ISBN 13 9780708899434
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages212
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The Nickel Boys: the new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad
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The Nickel boys / Colson Whitehead
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Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 211 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Abuse of administrative power; Abuse of administrative power Fiction; African American boys Abuse of Fiction; African American teenagers; African American teenagers Fiction; African Americans Civil rights; African Americans Civil rights Fiction; Racism; Racism Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 416042
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The Nickel Boys
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback. 211 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Futura, UK, 2019. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. 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'. 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.' But Elwood's fellow inmate and new friend Turner thinks Elwood is naive and worse; the world is crooked, and the only way to survive is to emulate the cruelty and cynicism of their oppressors. The tension between Elwood's idealism and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision which will have decades-long repercussions. Based on the history of a real reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped and destroyed the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN/EAN: 9780708899434. Inventory No: 23061045. Seller Inventory # 23061045
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Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 211 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Abuse of administrative power; Abuse of administrative power Fiction; African American boys Abuse of Fiction; African American teenagers; African American teenagers Fiction; African Americans Civil rights; African Americans Civil rights Fiction; Racism; Racism Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 416042
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