Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys”
You can read my Brooklyn Rail review of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys by clicking the image below.
Violence, racism, and ways to confront them are the themes of the book, a hot-button topic, considering the current state of the country: a racist president whose words influence, directly or indirectly, violence and mass-murders by domestic terrorists, unnecessary killings by bigoted cops, and national news commentators who insist that white supremacy is a hoax.

You can buy Whitehead’s Nickle Boys at Barnes & Noble.