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Control # 1 2022026702
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20230829091427.0
Fixed Data 8 220616s2023 nyu 000 1 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2022026702
ISBN 20    $a9780385545150$q(hardcover)
ISBN 20    $z9780385545167$q(ebook)
Obsolete 39    $a334796$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
LC Call 50 00 $aPS3573.H4768$bC76 2023
Dewey Class 82 00 $a813/.54$223/eng/20220616
ME:Pers Name 100 $aWhitehead, Colson,$d1969-$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aCrook manifesto :$ba novel /$cColson Whitehead.
Edition 250    $aFirst edition.
Tag 264 264  1 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c[2023]
Phys Descrpt 300    $a319 pages ;$c25 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Abstract 520    $a"It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It's strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated and deadly. 1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney's endearingly violent partner in crime. It's getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem. He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook to their regret. 1976. Harlem is burning, block by block, while the whole country is gearing up for Bicentennial celebrations. Carney is trying to come up with a July 4th ad he can live with. ("Two Hundred Years of Getting Away with It!"), while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, the former assistant D.A and rising politician Alexander Oakes. When a fire severely injures one of Carney s tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it. Our crooked duo have to battle their way through a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent, and the utterly corrupted. Crook Manifesto is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family." -- Provided by publisher.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSales personnel$vFiction.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCriminals$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vFiction.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aReceiving stolen goods$vFiction.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCorruption$vFiction.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aBlaxploitation films$vFiction.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aArson$vFiction
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aAmerican Revolution Bicentennial, 1976$vFiction.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aHarlem (New York, N.Y.)$vFiction.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$vFiction.
Genre/Form 655  7 $aThrillers (Fiction)$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aDetective and mystery fiction.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aDomestic fiction.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aNovels.$2lcgft