The Nickel Boys
2019 novel by Colson Whitehead / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is based on the historic Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and was revealed as highly abusive. A university investigation found numerous unmarked graves for unrecorded deaths and a history into the late 20th century of emotional and physical abuse of students.
Author | Colson Whitehead |
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Audio read by | JD Jackson[1] Colson Whitehead |
Cover artist | Neil Libbert (photograph)[2] Oliver Munday (design) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Set in | Florida and New York City[3] |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | July 16, 2019 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 224 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Kirkus Prize for Fiction Orwell Prize for Political Fiction |
ISBN | 978-0-385-53707-0 |
813.54 | |
LC Class | PS3573.H4768 N53 2019 |
TIME named it one of best books of the decade.[4]The Nickel Boys won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[5] Judges of the prize called the novel "a spare and devastating exploration of abuse at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida that is ultimately a powerful tale of human perseverance, dignity and redemption."[6] It is Whitehead's second win, making him the fourth writer in history to have won the prize for fiction twice.[7]