1970s Harlem shows up in kaleidoscopic color in this sequel to Whitehead’s earlier novel set in the New York borough, Harlem Shuffle. Furniture dealer Ray Carney features here again and is trying to lead an upright life. But he gets enrolled in a sketchy endeavors when he goes looking for tickets for an upcoming Jackson 5 concert. Cutting through momentous time swathes of the ‘70s when America underwent a social catharsis of sorts, this novel retains much of the biting humor of the original. But the disparate periods lack a cohesive glue and so come apart at the seams occasionally.
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