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| Apex Hides the Hurt |
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| by Colson Whitehead |
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| With a keen sense of irony, the author gives no name to this novel's protagonist, who works as a nomenclature specialist--i.e., he develops names for products. After a triumphant campaign for Apex bandages (which come in every possible flesh... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2007 |
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| John Henry Days |
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| by Colson Whitehead |
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| On assignment for a travel Web site, J. Sutter, a young African-American freelance journalist, heads for West Virginia to cover the "John Henry Days" festival in honor of the new U.S. postage stamp honoring John Henry and discovers... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 2002 |
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| The Intuitionist |
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| by Colson Whitehead |
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| As two factions at the Department of Elevator Inspectors--the Empiricists and the Intuitionists--wage war on each other, Intuitionist Lila Mae, the first black elevator inspector, faces bedlam when an elevator freefalls on her watch and the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2000 |
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