{"product_id":"the-collected-novels-of-charles-wright-9780062839602","title":"The Collected Novels of Charles Wright","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\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\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\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 intel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524180123991,"sku":"9780062839602","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780062839602.jpg?v=1731855776","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-collected-novels-of-charles-wright-9780062839602","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}