When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of  horrors. Elwood's only salvation is his friendship with fellow "delinquent" Turner, which deepens despite Turner's conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naïve, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision with repercussions that will echo down the decades. Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers.

Auteur

Colson Whitehead

Éditeur

Penguin

ISBN

9780385693981

Langue

anglais

Année de publication

2020

Catégorie

Littérature canadienne et internationale, Livre anglais

Nombre de pages

213

Condition

Très bon état