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Harvey Moskowitz is a White jeweler who owns a store in Manhattan’s Diamond District. After Buxbaum’s arrest, Carney sells precious jewels to Moskowitz and also pays the jeweler to teach him how to recognize value. Moskowitz betrays Carney by telling Ed Bench he is in possession of Ambrose Van Wyck’s emerald necklace.
Harvey Moskowitz Quotes in Harlem Shuffle
The Harlem Shuffle quotes below are all either spoken by Harvey Moskowitz or refer to Harvey Moskowitz . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 3 Quotes
Learned gentlemen aside, Carney knew crime’s hours when he saw them—dorvay was crooked heaven, when the straight world slept and the bent got to work. An arena for thieving and scores, break-ins and hijacks, when the con man polishes the bait and the embezzler cooks the books. In-between things: night and day, rest and duty, the no-good and the up-and-up. Pick up a crowbar, you know the in-between is where all the shit goes down. He upheld the misspelling in his thoughts, in keeping with his loyalty to his mistakes.
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Harvey Moskowitz Character Timeline in Harlem Shuffle
The timeline below shows where the character Harvey Moskowitz appears in Harlem Shuffle. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Chapter 3
Carney reaches Harvey Moskowitz’s store in the Diamond District. Despite the late hour, the jeweler is in his office....
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Early in their relationship, Moskowitz offers to pay Carney at Buxbaum’s rate if he can pay the people who bring...
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After paying Carney, Moskowitz tells him that Buxbaum got seven years in prison. Both men try to take comfort...
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Part 3, Chapter 7
Carney heads out to Moskowitz’s shop. Carrying the emerald necklace with him makes him jumpy. He remembers the Theresa job...
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With Freddie hiding out in Brooklyn and Pepper minding the store, Carney hopes Moskowitz will take the emerald off his hands. But when he arrives, the jeweler refuses the...
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...the safe, which are back in Carney’s safe. He threatens Carney’s family. Carney realizes that Moskowitz ratted him out, proving he has less integrity than the crook Buxbaum, who is still...
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On the same day Carney takes the necklace to Moskowitz, Pepper guards the store. Like Carney, Pepper has a protest flyer in his pocket. His...
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