FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon
Prime TV show) 'Dazzling' Guardian 'Gloriously entertaining'
Evening Standard 'A rich, wild book' New York Times 'Ray Carney was
only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...' To his
customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding
salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself
and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their
second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of
him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's
still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods
and crooks, and that his facade of normalcy has more than a few
cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger and bigger all the
time. See, cash is tight, especially with all those instalment plan
sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring
or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask
where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweller downtown who also
doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan
to rob the Hotel Theresa - the 'Waldorf of Harlem' - and volunteers
Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they
rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one
made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local
crime lord, and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the
internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray
navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who
actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed,
save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while
maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality
home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously
intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of
the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel,
a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and
ultimately a love letter to Harlem.
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