5: A Way Out
Colson Whitehead's heart-rending Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in Jim Crow-era Florida. Today: Elwood think he sees a way out of Nickel - if he can only play the long game....
Colson Whitehead's electrifying and heart-breaking Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in Jim Crow-era Florida, read by Rhashan Stone.
Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. A hard-working student, whose future looks bright until an innocent and tragic mistake changes everything...
Today: Elwood finally thinks he sees a way out of Nickel - he just needs to be patient, and play the long game...
Writer: Colson Whitehead
Reader: Rhashan Stone
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
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