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Native Son

Paperback • 2000 • English

Native Son

By Richard Wright

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

"The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America". (James Baldwin). Gripping and furious, Native Son follows Bigger Thomas, a young black man who is trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. Unwittingly involved in a wealthy woman's death, he is hunted relentlessly, baited by prejudiced officials, charged with murder and driven to acknowledge a strange pride in his crime. Native Son shocked readers on its first publication in 1940 and went on to make...Show more

Violence and abuse in society
Thriller: organised crime
Thriller: serial killers

Book details

ISBN

9780099282938

Publisher

Vintage

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Native Son

Format

Paperback

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