Review | Colson Whitehead ends his Harlem Trilogy on a high note with ‘Cool Machine’
A review of Colson Whitehead's 'Cool Machine,' a collection of three novellas that concludes his Harlem Trilogy. The review praises the character development and the atmospheric depiction of 1980s New York City.
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Review | Colson Whitehead ends his Harlem Trilogy on a high note with ‘Cool Machine’ left Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. Getty Images Getty Images https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/c8pa7u/article71610895.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/collage%2014.png The prominent character is this collection of three novellas is Ray Carney, a furniture dealer with a side business dealing in stolen goods I wasn’t aware Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead’s latest, Cool Machine, is a collection of three novellas. This fact has been mentioned on the back cover, but the font is small and life is short and I’d proceeded straight to the text. I read the first novella wondering why things seem to be tying up way too early, given that 200-odd pages remain. Then it strikes me. Oh my! Three cookies. The ‘Cool Machine’ in Whitehead’s book is 1980s New York City.
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