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Apex Hides the Hurt

A Novel

By Colson Whitehead

By Colson Whitehead

By Colson Whitehead

By Colson Whitehead

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Jan 09, 2007 | ISBN 9781400031269

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Jan 09, 2007 | ISBN 9780307279781

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    About Apex Hides the Hurt

    This New York Times Notable Book from the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys is a brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry.

    The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the town’s aristocracy sees no reason to change the name at all. What they need, they realize, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and our hero’s efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well.

    Look for Colson Whitehead’s bestselling new novel, Harlem Shuffle!

    About Apex Hides the Hurt

    This New York Times Notable Book from the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys is a brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry.

    The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the town’s aristocracy sees no reason to change the name at all. What they need, they realize, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and our hero’s efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well.

    Look for Colson Whitehead’s bestselling new novel, Harlem Shuffle!

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    Also by Colson Whitehead

    The Intuitionist
    Crook Manifesto
    Harlem Shuffle
    The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in)
    The Nickel Boys
    See all books by Colson Whitehead

    Also by Colson Whitehead

    The Intuitionist
    Crook Manifesto
    Harlem Shuffle
    The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in)
    The Nickel Boys
    See all books by Colson Whitehead

    About Colson Whitehead

    Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, which in 2016 won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year… More about Colson Whitehead

    About Colson Whitehead

    Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, which in 2016 won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year… More about Colson Whitehead

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 09, 2007 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400031269

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 09, 2007 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780307279781
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    Praise

    “Wickedly funny. . . . Whitehead is making a strong case for a new name of his own: that of the best of the new generation of American novelists.” —The Boston Globe

    “A brilliant, witty, and subtle novel, written in a most engaging style, with tremendous aptness of language and command of plot.”
    —The New York Review of Books

    “Terrific. . . . Inspired. . . . Engaging, exuding energy. . . . Will have you nodding in wonder.” —The Miami Herald

    “Dazzling. . . . Gorgeous, expertly crafted sentences. . . . An eloquent novel about racial identity in America.” —Newsweek

    “Brilliant. . . . Exhilarating. . . . What keeps you reading this critique of language is its language, and our perverse delight in the ingenious abuse of words.” —The New York Times

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