Colson Whitehead. The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner) (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel. Doubleday, 2016. 322 p. $27.

Author
A novelist who won the Pulitzer for this book. Recipient of the MacArthur genius grant.

Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/books/review/colson-whitehead-underground-railroad.html?mcubz=0

This book is widely reviewed.