Harlem Shuffle ★★★☆☆

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★★★☆☆

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead is a novel about a man who owns a furniture store in Harlem in the 60’s but also sells more than furniture out the back.

I checked this book out from the library.

Ray Carney and his wife Elizabeth have a daughter and son on the way. Carney works hard to make money to try to live up to his wife’s parent’s expectations as well as his own dreams. Carney’s cousin Freddy helps Carney to sell jewelry and other things under the table to get ahead but when Freddy’s jobs get bigger, so do the stakes.

I wanted to like this one, but something about it just didn’t get there for me. I wish I knew more about New York and Harlem to appreciate some of the location descriptions. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I have also read The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys by this author and I enjoyed them both.

If you liked Harlem Shuffle, I also recommend Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby, Lightseekers by Femi Kayode, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, and The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Happy reading.

Ms.Bjork