Apex Hides the Hurt - by Colson Whitehead (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the MacArthur and Whiting Award-winning author of "John Henry Days" and "The Intuitionist" comes a new, brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry--in a brilliant and wry satire of contemporary culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>This <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book <b>from the <b>two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning </b></b>author of <i>The Underground Railroad</i> and <i>The Nickel Boys</i> is a brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry.<i><br></i></b><br>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 change the name at all. What they need, they realize, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and our hero's efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well. <p/><b>Look for Colson Whitehead's bestselling new novel, <i>Harlem Shuffle!</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Wickedly funny. . . . Whitehead is making a strong case for a new name of his own: that of the best of the new generation of American novelists." --<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/>"A brilliant, witty, and subtle novel, written in a most engaging style, with tremendous aptness of language and command of plot." <br>--<i>The New York Review of Books</i> <p/>"Terrific. . . . Inspired. . . . Engaging, exuding energy. . . . Will have you nodding in wonder." --<i>The Miami Herald</i> <p/>"Dazzling. . . . Gorgeous, expertly crafted sentences. . . . An eloquent novel about racial identity in America." --<i>Newsweek</i> <p/>"Brilliant. . . . Exhilarating. . . . What keeps you reading this critique of language is its language, and our perverse delight in the ingenious abuse of words." --<i>The New York Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Colson Whitehead is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of <i>The Underground Railroad.</i> His other works include <i>The Noble Hustle</i>, <i>Zone One</i>, <i>Sag Harbor</i>, <i>The Intuitionist</i>, <i>John Henry Days</i>, <i>Apex Hides the Hurt</i>, and one collection of essays, <i>The Colossus of New York</i>. A National Book Award winner and a recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.</p>
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