The Colossus of New York

The Colossus of New York is a masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, capturing its inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories.

With almost uncanny immediacy, Whitehead conveys the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and newcomers who dream of making it their home.

His style is as multilayered and multifarious as New York itself, switching from third person to first person to second person, weaving individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city.

This remarkable portrait of life in the big city is at once ambitious in scope and gemlike in its details, an unparalleled tribute to New York and the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today.