{"product_id":"9780062839602","title":"The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive, satirical collection of three autobiographical novels—which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ehailed as “malevolent, bitter, glittering”—by Charles Wright, whom Ishmael Reed hailed as “Richard Pryor on paper,” a young, black intellectual from the South struggles to make it in New York City—with a foreword by Mat Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs fresh and poignant as when originally published in 1963 to 1973, \u003ci\u003eThe Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wig\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAbsolutely Nothing to get Alarmed About\u003c\/i\u003e form Charles Wright’s remarkable New York City trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns brutally funny and starkly real, these three classic American 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. Wright’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by acclaimed novelist Mat Johnson, this updated edition not only reintroduces Wright’s fans to his darkly humorous, satirical, and eloquent prose, but also brings his unique literary talent to a host of new readers, as it shines a spotlight once again on this important writer—a writer whose work is so crucial to our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Reading Wright is a steep, stinging pleasure.”—Dwight Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48149329707248,"sku":"9780062839602","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062839602_p0.jpg?v=1763634277","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062839602","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}