{"product_id":"collected-novels-of-charles-wright-the-messenger-the-wig-and-absolutely-nothing-to-get-alarmed-about","title":"Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCollected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about\u003c\/h1\u003eCharles Wright\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1 2019\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780062839602\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0062839608\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Reading Wright is a steep, stinging pleasure.\"--Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this incisive, satirical collection of three classic American novels by Charles Wright--hailed by the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e as \"malevolent, bitter, glittering\"--a young, black intellectual from the South struggles to make it in New York City. This special compilation includes a foreword by acclaimed poet and novelist Ishmael Reed, who calls Wright, \"Richard Pryor on paper.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs fresh and poignant as when originally published in the sixties and seventies, \u003cem\u003eThe Messenger\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wig\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAbsolutely Nothing to get Alarmed About \u003c\/em\u003eform Charles Wright's remarkable New York City trilogy. By turns brutally funny and starkly real, these three autobiographical novels create a memorable portrait of a young, working-class, black intellectual--a man caught between the bohemian elite of Greenwich Village and the dregs of male prostitution and drug abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright's fiction is searingly original in bringing to life a special time, a special place, and the remarkable story of a man living in two worlds. This updated edition shines a spotlight once again on this important writer--a writer whose work is so crucial to our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391200985133,"sku":"21431","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_c6ff8e31-0995-4b3d-af0b-4afa57449367.jpg?v=1787352548","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/collected-novels-of-charles-wright-the-messenger-the-wig-and-absolutely-nothing-to-get-alarmed-about","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}