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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly 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 The Nickel Boys is a devastating driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers and "should further cement Whitehead as one of his generation's best" (Entertainment Weekly). WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Time Esquire The Washington Post The Guardian Slate NPR Entertainment Weekly Vox Variety Christian Science Monitor The Minneapolis Star Tribune The Dallas Morning News Literary Hub BuzzFeed The New York Public Library NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 10 BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020

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