He presents Harlem as a living breathing entity. In the final, once again Freddy gets Ray involved in his activities. In the second, Ray searches for a way to get revenge on a local banker who has taken Ray's 'donation' to get into a businessman's club and then been rejected. In the first Freddy involves Ray in the robbery of a hotel. There are three short stories in this novel. Ray has cleaned up his act but still finds himself being pulled into the criminal side of life fencing goods for local criminals and even family, especially his cousin Freddy. His father was a local gangster, a tough man. Set in the '60s in Harlem the three stories within this novel feature furniture salesman Ray Carney, as he tries to build his local business and support his growing family. Harlem Shuffle, the first of two Ray Carney stories by Colson Whitehead is my first attempt at this writer.
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