After writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning books
The Underground Railroad and
The Nickel Boys, author Colson Whitehead needed a change of pace. So for his next novel,
Harlem Shuffle, he decided to tackle topics near and dear to his heart: heists and New York real estate. In today's episode,
Morning Edition host Noel King talks to Whitehead about his book's protagonist, a furniture retailer named Ray Carney, and what draws him to a double life of crime.
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