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Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Harper and Row [1969]
Subjects:
Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
African American men > Fiction.
Death row inmates > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Murderers > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Violence > Fiction.
Thomas, Bigger (Personnage fictif) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Hommes noirs américains > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Condamnés à mort > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Procès (Meurtre) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Meurtriers > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
African American men
Death row inmates
Murderers
Psychological fiction
Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character)
Trials (Murder)
Illinois > Chicago
Bildungsromane.
Fiction
Bildungsromans.
Description
Summary:Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.
Physical Description:xxxiv, 392 pages 22 cm