Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead - ISBN: 9780708898758
Paperback
A name change ignites a battle over identity and history.

Apex Hides the Hurt

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    27 February 2018

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Summary

This New York Times Notable Book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD is a brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry.

The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the town’s aristocracy sees no reason to c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780708898758
ISBN-10:0708898750
Author:Colson Whitehead
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Fleet
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:27 February 2018
Weight:191g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 17mm
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Critics Review

A brilliant, witty, and subtle novel, written in a most engaging style, with tremendous aptness of language and command of plot

A brilliant, witty, and subtle novel, written in a most engaging style, with tremendous aptness of language and command of plot * New York Review of Books *Brilliant… . Exhilarating… . What keeps you reading this critique of language is its language, and our perverse delight in the ingenious abuse of words – New York Times

About The Author

Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.

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