The man who lived underground : a novel /
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960,
The man who lived underground : a novel / Richard Wright ; afterword by Malcolm Wright. - xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Published for the first time, by special arrangement with the author's estate. Includes companion essay Memories of My Grandmother. "An unpublished novel by the author of Native son" -- jacket.
Prefactory note -- The man who lived underground -- Memories of my grandmother -- Afterword / by Malcolm Wright -- Note on the texts.
"Fred 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."--
1598536761 9781598536768
2020941374
African American men--Fiction.
False arrest--Fiction.
Psychological torture--Fiction.
Police misconduct--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Dwellings--Fiction.
Sewerage--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
The man who lived underground : a novel / Richard Wright ; afterword by Malcolm Wright. - xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Published for the first time, by special arrangement with the author's estate. Includes companion essay Memories of My Grandmother. "An unpublished novel by the author of Native son" -- jacket.
Prefactory note -- The man who lived underground -- Memories of my grandmother -- Afterword / by Malcolm Wright -- Note on the texts.
"Fred 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."--
1598536761 9781598536768
2020941374
African American men--Fiction.
False arrest--Fiction.
Psychological torture--Fiction.
Police misconduct--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Dwellings--Fiction.
Sewerage--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.