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| Author | Colson Whitehead |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | JD Jackson[1] Colson Whitehead |
| Cover artist | Neil Libbert (photograph)[2] Oliver Munday (design) |
| Language | English |
| Set in | Florida and New York City[3] |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | July 16, 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| 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 |
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.
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]
A film adaptation is scheduled to be released on December 13, 2024.
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- ^ Lee, Benjamin (May 4, 2020). "Colson Whitehead and This American Life among Pulitzer 2020 winners". The Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ Maher, John (May 4, 2020). "Moser, Whitehead, McDaniel, Grandin, Boyer, Brown Win 2020 Pulitzers". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ Tucker, Emma (May 4, 2020). "Colson Whitehead Wins Second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction". The Daily Beast. Retrieved May 4, 2020.