{"product_id":"a-fathers-law","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","brand":"Richard Wright","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55253046460707,"sku":"9780061349164","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780061349164.jpg?v=1781810059","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/a-fathers-law","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}