{"product_id":"the-collected-novels-of-charles-wright-the-messenger-the-wig-and-absolutely-nothing-to-get-alarmed-about-9780062839602","title":"The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCharles Stevenson Wright was born at New Franklin, Missouri, on June 4, 1932. He published three highly praised autobiographical novels. He died at the age of 76. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50904302092562,"sku":"9780062839602","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4d8a92b-7698-40b0-ad75-09f155e61e62.jpg?v=1738513442","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-novels-of-charles-wright-the-messenger-the-wig-and-absolutely-nothing-to-get-alarmed-about-9780062839602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}