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Novels by Colson Whitehead: Apex Hides the Hurt, the Intuitionist, John Henry Days
Novels by Colson Whitehead Apex Hides the Hurt the Intuitionist John Henry Days Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Apex Hides the Hurt is a 2006 novel by American author Colson Whitehead. The novel follows an unnamed nomenclature consultant who is asked to v... more »isit the town of Winthrop, which (it turns out) is considering changing its name. During his visit, the main character is introduced to several citizens attempting to persuade him in favor of their preferred name for the town. The novel has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with few negative comments. In a positive review for American magazine Entertainment Weekly, Jennifer Reese called the book "a blurry satire of American commercialism," adding that "it may not mark the apex of Colson Whitehead's career, but it brims with the author's spiky humor and intelligence." The book was featured among the 100 Most Notable Books of The Year for 2006, as published by The New York Times. Colson Whitehead (born 1969) is an American author. Whitehead was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and wrote for the The Village Voice for two years during his early career, and has since authored three other novels: The Intuitionist, John Henry Days and The Colossus of New York. Since Whitehead began writing, he has had his books and writing reviewed and mentioned in the The New York Times, New York Magazine, Harper's Magazine and has been a recipient of the MacArthur and Whiting Award. The book is set in the fictional town of Winthrop. The protagonist of the book is an unnamed African-American "nomenclature consultant" who has had recent success in branding and selling Apex bandages, which come in multiple colors to better match a broad array of skin tones. The novel begins with the main character being contacted by his former employer, which he had left after losing a toe. He travels to th... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16332528« less