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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes John Henry Days - a novel of extraordinary scope and mythic power, establishing Colson Whitehead as one of the pre-eminent young American writers of our time.Whitehead’s novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level, it’s the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture replete with p. r. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men, and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. "...Whitehead exemplifies image-fiction in his language. He has an exceptional ability to write in the style of self-conscious irony, consistently describing everything from decrepit office anonymity to a folksy county fair in this vernacular. The results are breathtaking: Whitehead’s book feels about as stark and dry as a book can be without inducing suicide ... It’s an unsettling kind of sarcasm, something that a sit-com, wants to mak

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Author

Whitehead, Colson

Publisher

Anchor Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307486677

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure