{"product_id":"the-man-who-lived-underground-a-novel","title":"The Man Who Lived Underground: A Novel","description":"NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER\n\nONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2021\n\nONE OF OPRAH'S 15 FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021\n\nONE OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2021\n\nA BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2021\n\nSTEPH CURRY'S \"UNDERRRATED\" BOOK CLUB PICK\n\nA major literary event: an explosive, previously unpublished novel about race and police violence by the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy\n\nFred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city’s sewer system.\n\nThis is the devastating premise of this scorching novel, a masterpiece that Richard Wright was unable to publish in his lifetime. Written between his landmark books Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), at the height of his creative powers, it would eventually see publication only in drastically condensed and truncated form in the posthumous collection Eight Men (1961).\n\nNow, for the first time, by special arrangement with the author's estate, the full text of this incendiary novel about race and violence in America, the work that meant more to Wright than any other (“I have never written anything in my life that stemmed more from sheer inspiration”), is published in the form that he intended, complete with his companion essay, “Memories of My Grandmother.” Malcolm Wright, the author’s grandson, contributes an afterword.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1598536761\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKQOV000X3B_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wright, Richard\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516676710458,"sku":"4EKQOV000X3B_ns","price":6.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1598536761-0.jpg?v=1783749009","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-man-who-lived-underground-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}