- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2002 · Finalist
John Henry Days
John Henry Days
Colson Whitehead (born 1969)
English editions
Written in EnglishJohn Henry Days
Fourth Estate · United Kingdom · 5 June 2002 · Paperback · 400 pages
John Henry Days
Doubleday · United States · 2001 · 389 pages
John Henry Days
Fourth Estate · United Kingdom · 2001 · Hardcover · 389 pages
John Henry Days
Anchor Books · United States · 14 May 2002 · Paperback · 400 pages
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J. Sutter, a disaffected Black journalist bent on setting a record for free junkets and expense-account meals, is sent to Talcott, West Virginia, where the Postal Service is unveiling a John Henry stamp at the town's first festival in his honour. With him come other publicity hangers-on, among them a burned-out veteran of 1960s gonzo journalism and a paranoid colleague. Also in town are Pamela Street, whose late father ran an obsessive private John Henry museum in Harlem, and a collector of train stamps with a newly bought pistol. Woven through their weekend is the story of the railroad worker himself, who outworked a steam drill with his hammer and died, and of the song pluggers, bluesmen and others who carried his legend into American culture.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Satire, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States
- First published
- 2001 by Doubleday
- Author's age
- 32 when first published
- ISBN
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9780385498197 (Doubleday, United States)
9781841155692 (Fourth Estate, United Kingdom)
9780385498203 (Anchor Books, United States)
9781841155708 (Fourth Estate, United Kingdom)
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