Cool Machine: A Novel (The Harlem Trilogy)

Step in out of the salt air and settle in. We have something special waiting on the shelf.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead comes the magnificent final volume of his beloved Harlem Trilogy. And what a finale it is.

It’s an exuberant, electric ride through 1980s New York City. A place clawing its way out of financial ruin, energized by glittering skyscrapers and a Wall Street unchained.

Up in Harlem, furniture dealer (and master fence) Ray Carney has built a respectable life. But when the banks won’t fund his wife Elizabeth’s dream, Carney gambles on one last heist, and finds himself tangled up with a legendary criminal mastermind.

Across three pivotal years, 1981, 1983, and 1986, the story roves from the dizzying heights of Windows on the World to the city’s forgotten tunnels below. There’s Pepper, the aging stone-cold thief who speaks the universal language of violence. There’s a chance for Carney to finally save his cousin’s son. And only one shot to get it right.

Whitehead’s prose is pitch-perfect, painting a portrait of a city in dazzling transition, where what lies beneath the surface always reveals the truth.

This is storytelling at its finest. Funny, propulsive, deeply human.

A handsome hardcover that feels just right in your hands. Perfect for a rainy afternoon by the cove, or a long winter evening tucked under a blanket.

Come linger over the first pages. We have a feeling you won’t want to put it down.

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