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Gena Rowlands obituary

American actor who enjoyed success with the films A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria and The Notebook

The Guardian - UK

The ultimate summer reading list: 15 crime thrillers and mysteries to keep you guessing

From Mick Herron’s Slow Horses and Ian Rankin’s Rebus to new books from Bret Easton Ellis and Emma Cline, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

The Guardian - AU

Crook Manifesto is strike two for Colson Whitehead’s 'strangely inert' Harlem crime saga

Midway through Colson Whitehead’s new novel Crook Manifesto, a filmmaker muses on how “reviewers like to trap you in their idea of you”, just as old friends and family only see “who you used to be”. The critical reception the book has received so far bears this out. Expecting yet…

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Lelia Goldoni obituary

Actor who starred in John Cassavetes’s Shadows and gave Michael Caine the plans for the heist in The Italian Job

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Trackers by Charles Frazier and Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.

The Independent UK

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead audiobook review – New York’s criminal underworld

Actor Dion Graham narrates this noirish tale of a wise-cracking furniture salesman who struggles to stay on the straight and narrow

The Guardian - UK

Review: Crooked hero in 'Crook Manifesto' learns that getting Jackson 5 tickets is not as easy as A-B-C

FICTION: The second novel in Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy is a masterwork of stylish noir and social satire.

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'Crook Manifesto' takes Colson Whitehead's heist hero in search of Jackson 5 tickets

The playful second book in the author's Harlem Trilogy shows Ray Carney scheming how to get his teenage daughter into the concert of her dreams. Alarming capers ensue.

WEKU

Book Review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle'

Colson Whitehead is back with a sequel to his 2021 bestseller “Harlem Shuffle.”

The Independent UK

Colson Whitehead: ‘A city summons you into its weird drama’

The double Pulitzer prize-winning author on writing a sequel to Harlem Shuffle, the influence of Stephen King’s Carrie, and why he no longer makes fried chicken

The Guardian - UK

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead review – a dazzling sequel to Harlem Shuffle

From bent cops to blaxploitation, this tale of corruption in 70s New York combines the energy of a crime thriller and the sharp wit of social satire

The Guardian - UK

Twice Pulitzer-winner Colson Whitehead's new book 'Crook Manifesto' out in 2023

American novelist Colson Whitehead won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize twice-- for 'The Underground Railroad' in 2017, and then for 'The Nickel Boys' in 2020. His novel 'Harlem Shuffle' was released in 2021. And now, the second novel in the Harlen Trilogy titled 'Crook Manifesto' is all set to be published…

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