{"product_id":"man-who-lived-underground-book-richard-wright-9780062971487","title":"The Man Who Lived Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e * \u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * \u003cb\u003eOne of Oprah's 15 Favorite Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Boy,\u003c\/i\u003e the novel he was unable to publish during his lifetime--an explosive story of racism, injustice, brutality, and survival. \"Not just Wright's masterwork, but also a milestone in African American literature . . . One of those indispensable works that reminds all its readers that, whether we are in the flow of life or somehow separated from it, above- or belowground, we are all human.\" (Gene Seymour, CNN.com)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Lived Underground\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that any 'greatest writers of the 20th century' list that doesn't start and end with Richard Wright is laughable. It might very well be Wright's most brilliantly crafted, and ominously foretelling, book.\"--Kiese Laymon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFred 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 false confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the devastating premise of Richard Wright's scorching work of social commentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Lived Underground,\u003c\/i\u003e written between his landmark books \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e (1940) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), at the height of his creative powers. Now, for the first time, by special arrangement between the Library of America and the author's estate, the full text of 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49943426334993,"sku":"CIN0062971484A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50240090276113,"sku":"CIN0062971484VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50521928040721,"sku":"GOR012959313","price":6.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50798643970321,"sku":"GOR014076494","price":6.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983152746769,"sku":"NIN9780062971487","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52102404669713,"sku":"CIN0062971484G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52879629091089,"sku":"CIN0062971484LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062971484.jpg?v=1751290127","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/man-who-lived-underground-book-richard-wright-9780062971487","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}