Colson Whitehead is one of the most brilliant and influential writers of our time, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark novels The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys.

Now, he returns with Crook Manifesto, a hugely entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A riveting follow-up to Whitehead’s last novel, the New York Times-bestselling Harlem Shuffle, and a dazzling standalone story, Crook Manifesto is a crime story and family saga following furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney as he tries to stay on the straight and narrow—until a quest for Jackson 5 tickets brings him into the orbit of an old police contact.

Visiting Toronto for the first time in years, Whitehead will take the Hot Docs stage to introduce one of the most hotly anticipated books of the year.

Be the first to discover this darkly funny, deeply moving vision of a city under siege and hear the rich stories and insights of the man that Time magazine has hailed, on its cover, as “America’s storyteller.”

There will be a book signing following the talk.

Presented in partnership with Penguin Random House Canada.

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Add a book to your ticket order and be guaranteed to receive a copy of Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto!

Limited quantities of Crook Manifesto will also be available for purchase at the event. Book provided by A Different Booklist at a special price of $34 (tax included).