50 pages 1 hour read

Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Essay Topics

1.

Ray is a furniture salesman and a part-time criminal. How does he balance these dual identities?

2.

Freddie is Ray’s closest ally and his biggest threat. In what way does Ray’s love for Freddie place him in an impossible position?

3.

Harlem is a community within the city of New York. In what way is Harlem more than a geographic area to the author and his characters?

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