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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead follows Raymond "Ray" Carney, an African American furniture salesman in late-1950s and early-1960s Harlem, who struggles to maintain a balance between his respectable business and his activities in fencing stolen goods, whose life spirals after his cousin Freddie ropes him into a dangerous heist, leading to subsequent conflicts, and revenge plots. This book portrays periods of social upheaval, criminal activity, and violence.