Colson Whitehead wins Pulitzer prize for The Underground Railroad

The acclaimed slavery novel has been rewarded alongside Lynn Nottage’s factory drama Sweat and Matthew Desmond’s nonfiction work EvictedLiterary blockbuster novel The Underground Railroad, which depicts the journey of a young woman escaping from slavery via a fantastical train system, has won the Pulitzer prize for fiction. Related: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead review – luminous, furious and wildly inventiveContinue reading...