{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061349164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.52w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2007 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2008 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2008 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2008 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916731617461,"sku":"9780061349164","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_38c06dbb-69f0-4224-a1e9-0405a5c2f28f.jpg?v=1687269657","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-fathers-law-9780061349164","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}