{"product_id":"a-fathers-law-9780061349164","title":"A Father's Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published posthumously by his daughter and literary executor Julia Wright, \u003cem\u003eA Father's Law \u003c\/em\u003eis the novel Richard Wright, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Boy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrescient, raw, and powerful, \u003cem\u003eA Father's Law\u003c\/em\u003e is the final gift from a literary giant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRichard 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, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459895529746,"sku":"9780061349164","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_63d57b39-f0b5-4303-b88b-a00645dba03b.jpg?v=1730012564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-fathers-law-9780061349164","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}