Once Upon a Time in Harlem
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem
14.99 €
Carney's paths weren't exactly crooked—they were less than straightforward...
Ray Carney, an honest used furniture dealer, lives in a cramped apartment near the train station. He's married. His beloved wife, Elizabeth, is about to give birth to their second child. And everything seems to be going well for them, except for one thing: they're desperately short of money. When Freddy, Carney's cousin, draws him into another scheme—selling stolen goods—everything goes wrong. Now the respected furniture store's new clientele consists of detectives, police officers, local gangsters, and other Harlem crooks, colorful and ruthless.
Ray himself is forced to lead a double life, while also dealing with all the cases that intertwine and spiral downwards like a snowball rolling downhill. But they need to be dealt with, and it's also necessary to save the wayward cousin, get his big score, and maintain his reputation as a respected furniture store owner.
This story could only have happened in Harlem in the early 1960s, and only Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys, could tell it.
Ray Carney, an honest used furniture dealer, lives in a cramped apartment near the train station. He's married. His beloved wife, Elizabeth, is about to give birth to their second child. And everything seems to be going well for them, except for one thing: they're desperately short of money. When Freddy, Carney's cousin, draws him into another scheme—selling stolen goods—everything goes wrong. Now the respected furniture store's new clientele consists of detectives, police officers, local gangsters, and other Harlem crooks, colorful and ruthless.
Ray himself is forced to lead a double life, while also dealing with all the cases that intertwine and spiral downwards like a snowball rolling downhill. But they need to be dealt with, and it's also necessary to save the wayward cousin, get his big score, and maintain his reputation as a respected furniture store owner.
This story could only have happened in Harlem in the early 1960s, and only Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys, could tell it.
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