普立茲文學獎得主科爾森．懷特黑德最新作！ 寫給1970年代紐約的混世情歌！ 1971年，早已金盆洗手的傢俱行老闆Ray Carney為了幫女兒弄到Jackson 5的演唱會門票，不得已，再次與腳跨黑白兩道的「喬王」搭上線，但天下哪會有白吃的午餐…… 1973年，Carney往日的老搭檔Pepper少了推心置腹的夥伴，無法成大事，索性在黑人剝削電影片場當起保全。好萊塢雖然不乏泛泛之輩，但到底還是沒有Pepper這個在紐約混大的前罪犯，來得厲害…… 1976年，在舉國歡慶建國兩百週年之際，紐約的街道很不平靜，接連發生的縱火案讓整個城市陷入恐慌。儘管Carney已決定低調過日，但當Carney的一名房客因一起縱火案性命垂危，Carney決定和Pepper再次聯手，在這個已陷入瘋狂的城市裡，追緝縱火案幕後的主使者。 Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him — until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated – and deadly. 1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney’s endearingly violent partner in crime. It’s getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem. He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook – to their regret.