- African American men, Fiction
The novel is about an African-American man estranged from his white wife and their children, and who must come up with a sum of money within four days to have them returned.[5][2] It focuses on an attempt to achieve the American Dream.[3] Thomas describes Man Gone Down as having a "gallows humour".[3]
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and relentless.
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- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Michael Thomas, Michael Thomas
- First published
- December 7, 2006
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Black Cat
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780802170293
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