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Harlem Shuffle Isn’t a Crime Novel
POST CONTAINS SPOILERS Sure, there are heists and gangsters and a spectacular, public revenge. But in crime novels, mysteries are always solved. Not necessarily by a detective who gets the bad guy, but by the reader understanding what happened and why. None of the mysteries in Harlem Shuffle gets solved. One mystery is a lapse. Three mysteries in a row? That’s on purpose. In the first act, we see Miami Joe betray the crew. Why has he betrayed the crew? We don’t know. We don’

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Mar 192 min read
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