A FATHER'S LAW. Inscribed and signed by Julia Wright.

Wright, Richard; Julia Wright

ISBN 10: 006134916X / ISBN 13: 9780061349164

Published by Harper Perennial, New York, NY, 2008

About this Item

xvi, 268 pages of text, followed by 32 pages of text titled "P.S. Insights, Interviews & More." which includes a chronology of Richard Wright, facsimiles of RW's manuscript pages and notes, etc. Original paperback binding with minimal shelfwear; produced to have the appearance of being vintage and worn but actually in almost new condition. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page "For Andre [signed] Julia Wright 29 May 08." Included is a receipt from The Village Voice, a now-defunct legendary bookstore in Paris, known to have hosted a reading by Julia Wright. The receipt is dated the same day as the inscription. The text is clean and unmarked. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page, with the number line starting with 2; First edition, 2nd printing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 020345

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A FATHER'S LAW. Inscribed and signed by Julia Wright.
• Publisher: Harper Perennial, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006134916X
• ISBN 13: 9780061349164
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very good+ condition
• Signed: Signed by contributor
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

“An intense, provocative, and vital crime story that excavates paradoxical dimensions of race, class, sexism, family bonds, and social obligation while seeking the deepest meaning of the law." — Booklist

Originally published posthumously by his daughter and literary executor Julia Wright, A Father’s Law is the novel Richard Wright, acclaimed author of Black Boy and Native Son, never completed. Written during a six-week period prior to his death in Paris in 1960, it offers a fascinating glimpse into the writer’s process as well as providing an important addition to Wright’s body of work.

In rough form, Wright expands the style of a crime thriller to grapple with themes of race, class, and generational conflicts as newly appointed police chief Ruddy Turner begins to suspect his own son, Tommy, a student at the University of Chicago, of a series of murders in Brentwood Park. Under pressure to solve the killings and prove himself, Turner spirals into an obsession that forces him to confront his ambivalent relationship with a son he struggles to understand.

Prescient, raw, and powerful, A Father's Law is the final gift from a literary giant.

About the Author

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his books, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.