
The Man Who Lived Underground
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Narrated by:
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Ethan Herisse
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By:
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Richard Wright
New York Times Bestseller
One of the Best Books of 2021 by Time magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe and Esquire, and one of Oprah’s 15 Favorite Books of the Year
Audiobook narrated by Ethan Herisse
“The Man Who Lived Underground 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
A major literary event: an explosive, previously unpublished novel about race and violence in America by the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy
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.
This is the devastating premise of this scorching novel, a never-before-seen masterpiece by Richard Wright. Written between his landmark books Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), at the height of his creative powers, it would see publication in Wright's lifetime only in drastically condensed and truncated form, and ultimately be included in the posthumous short story collection Eight Men.
Now, for the first time, by special arrangement with 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.
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wonderful book
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it was just ok. could have been epic
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If you enjoy the author Richard Wright...
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Must read
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So, is it worth reading. Yes. The only caveat is that you should cound on reading all of the end notes as that helps you get even more from the novel. Once you see what inspired Richard Wright to pen this novel, it takes on more than what you'll get out of just one reading.
This was very much worth reading.
Superb. I shall read it again.
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Absolutely Astounding
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Good for you
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Profound important and a very good read
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interesting piece
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Just wasn't for me
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