by Colson Whitehead · Doubleday · tapa dura · ISBN 9780385537070
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«The Nickel Boys» is the historical novel by Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in hardback (224 pages, in English).
In the segregated Tallahassee of the sixties, Elwood Curtis, a young Black man aspiring to study at university, is unjustly sent to the Nickel Academy, a reformatory that conceals abuse and corruption. There he befriends Turner, a cynical companion, and the clash between their visions leads to a decision with lasting consequences.
Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2019 Kirkus Prize. Inspired by a real Florida reformatory that operated for 111 years. Originally published on July 16, 2019.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, especially those who have already read The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
