50 pages 1 hour read

Harlem Shuffle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Ray is a furniture salesman and a part-time criminal. How does he balance these dual identities?

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Freddie is Ray’s closest ally and his biggest threat. In what way does Ray’s love for Freddie place him in an impossible position?

3.

Harlem is a community within the city of New York. In what way is Harlem more than a geographic area to the author and his characters?

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