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Author
Series
Harlem trilogy (Colson Whitehead) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"'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. Few people know he descends from...
Author
Series
Harlem trilogy (Colson Whitehead) volume 2
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gangsters aid the police when their leader's daughter is kidnapped and the ransom is a bounty of priceless diamonds. It is also learned that a plot is underway to distribute a deadly new weapon of war.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the true story of a 1913 collaboration between a notorious jewel thief and the Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard as they hunted for a precious pearl necklace, worth more than the Hope diamond.
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