Overview

• 'Crook Manifesto' centers on a furniture store owner in 1970s Harlem.
• The Gotham Prize honors outstanding works about New York City.
• Whitehead is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
• The award was established by Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson.
• 'Crook Manifesto' is the second book in Whitehead's planned Harlem trilogy.