How ‘Cool Machine’ pulls Colson Whitehead back in for one last heist

How ‘Cool Machine’ pulls Colson Whitehead back in for one last heist
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For “Cool Machine,” the 1980s-set final novel in his Harlem crime trilogy, Colson Whitehead drew inspiration from another classic American story. That’s right, “Die Hard.” While there aren’t any obvious parallels between the movie and his novel’s three sections, Whitehead…