Richard Wright Novel is Posthumously Published

Best known for his autobiography Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth and Native Son, the novel that introduced the literary world to the conflicted Bigger Thomas, Richard Wright's last novel, A Father's Law, is appearing in print for the first time. Completed six weeks before his death in 1960 and released by his daughter, it tells the story of an African-American Chicago police chief who suspects his son of several murders. Flip through Amazon's Search Inside™ feature for a for a sample of the first chapter.

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