Cool Machine, the final novel in Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy (following Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto), is another tour de force and a fitting conclusion to the Uptown peregrinations of his endearing protagonist Ray Carney, a successful Harlem furniture salesman and part-time fence. It’s an old-school crime caper, set in 1980s New York against the

The two-time Pulitzer winner breaks down the final installment of his trilogy featuring furniture salesman Ray Carney.

The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealer