
The Man Who Lived Underground
A Novel
New York : Library of America, [2021]
Format: Book
Description: xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Other Authors:
Container of (work) : Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Memories of my grandmother.
Wright, Malcolm, writer of afterword.
Container of (work) : Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Memories of my grandmother.
Wright, Malcolm, writer of afterword.
Contents:
Prefactory note -- The man who lived underground -- Memories of my grandmother -- Afterword / by Malcolm Wright -- Note on the texts.
Subjects:
African American men -- Fiction.
False arrest -- Fiction.
Psychological torture -- Fiction.
Police misconduct -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Dwellings -- Fiction.
Sewerage -- Fiction.
African American men -- Fiction.
False arrest -- Fiction.
Psychological torture -- Fiction.
Police misconduct -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Dwellings -- Fiction.
Sewerage -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781598536768
More Formats
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"An unpublished novel by the author of Native son" -- jacket.
Includes companion essay Memories of My Grandmother.
"An unpublished novel by the author of Native son" -- jacket.