Father's Law

<p><strong>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. -- <em>Booklist</em></strong></p><p><strong>Originally published posthumously by his daughter and literary executor Julia Wright <em>A Father's Law </em>is the novel Richard Wright acclaimed author of <em>Black Boy </em>and <em>Native Son</em> 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.</strong></p><p>In 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.</p><p>Prescient raw and powerful <em>A Father's Law</em> is the final gift from a literary giant.</p>