The Man Who Lived Underground

The Man Who Lived Underground

by Richard Wright
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 24/06/2021

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*****AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4's OPEN BOOK***


The 'propulsive, haunting' and 'gripping' (Oprah) rediscovered classic that exposes the dark heart of America for an inncocent Black man on the run from the police**


Fred Daniels, a black man, is randomly picked up by the police after a brutal murder in a Chicago suburb. Taken to the local precinct, he is tortured -- until he confesses to a crime he didn't commit.


But when he sees his chance, Fred Daniels, makes a run for it. With the world now against him, there is only one place left to hide: Underground. Taking residence in the sewers below the streets of Chicago, Fred's new vantage point takes him on a journey through America's unjust, and inhumane underbelly.


**PRAISE FOR THE MAN WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND


'Propulsive, haunting...gripping' Oprah Daily

'A tale for today' New York Times

'Absolutely not to be missed' BookRiot

'A masterpiece' Time

'Wright's most brilliantly crafted, and ominously foretelling, book**.' Kiese Laymon


The Man Who Lived Underground was a New York Times Bestseller on 24/04/2022

ISBN:
9781473598935
9781473598935
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
24-06-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House
Richard Wright

Richard Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1908. As a child he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, then in an orphanage, and with various relatives. He left home at fifteen and returned to Memphis for two years to work, and in 1934 went to Chicago, where in 1935 he began to work on the Federal Writers' Project.

He published Uncle Tom's Children in 1938 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. His other titles include his autobiography, Black Boy (1945), and The Outsider (1953). After the war Richard Wright went to live in Paris with his wife and daughters, remaining there until his death in 1960.

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