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Book Review: ‘Cool Machine,’ by Colson Whitehead

The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.

This article was originally published by NY Times Books and is republished here under license.

The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.

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