Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked'To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home.

each other

'Revelatory

reduced to a number

What makes us brilliant

a pram and even a car - their need for stuff seems endless

What are tears made of

'Once upon a time

almost brought down the government and set in motion repercussions that would last long into the twentieth century

A pride of sleepy lions playing

find out how life adapted

unusually for a poet

I honestly didn't put the book down until the very last