The Nickel Boys : A Novel

Resumen del libro

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 Boysis a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Colson Whiteheadx{0026}lt;/B nació en 1969 en Nueva York. Finalista del PEN/Hemingway con su primera novela, x{0026}lt;I La intuicionistax{0026}lt;/I (2000), ha publicado media docena de novelas y el libro x{0026}lt;I El coloso de Nueva Yorkx{0026}lt;/I (2005). Fue finalista del Premio Pulitzer con x{0026}lt;I John Henry Daysx{0026}lt;/I (2011), finalista del PEN/Oakland Award con x{0026}lt;I Apex Hides the Hurtx{0026}lt;/I (2006) y del PEN/Faulkner con x{0026}lt;I Sag Harborx{0026}lt;/I (2009). x{0026}lt;I Zona Unox{0026}lt;/I (2012) fue un bestseller para x{0026}lt;I The New York Timesx{0026}lt;/I , y en 2014 publicó x{0026}lt;I The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky x{0026}amp; Deathx{0026}lt;/I . x{0026}lt;I El ferrocarril subterráneox{0026}lt;/I es su última novela hasta la fecha y ha sido merecedora del Premio Pulitzer 2017, del National Book Award 2016, de la Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence y del Indies Choice Book Award de 2017. Colson Whitehead es profesor en las universidades de Columbia y Princeton, y ha recibido las becas Guggenheim y MacArthur.x{0026}lt;/P