Restored Richard Wright novel hits bestseller lists
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
May 13, 2021
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1of5This combination of photos shows the cover image for The Man Who Lived Underground, left, and author Richard Wright. (Library of America via AP, left, and AP Photo/Robert Kradin)APShow MoreShow Less
2of5This cover image released by the Library of America shows The Man Who Lived Underground, by Richard Wright. (Library of America via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
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4of5FILE - Richard Wright, author of Native Son, appears in New York on March 21, 1945. More than 60 years after his death, Wright s short novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was released April 20, 2021, by the Library of America.Robert Kradin/APShow MoreShow Less
“The Man Who Lived Underground,” a novel publishers rejected in the 1940s, is about an innocent Black man forced to confess to the murder of a white couple.