Outsider

<p><strong>From Richard Wright one of the most powerful acclaimed and essential American authors of the twentieth century comes a compelling story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in Harlem. </strong></p><p>Cross Damon is a man at odds with society and with himself--a man of superior intellect who hungers for peace but who brings terror and destruction wherever he goes. <em>The Outsider</em> is an important work of fiction that depicts American racism and its devastating consequences in raw and unflinching terms. Brilliantly imagined and frighteningly prescient it is an epic exploration of the tragic roots of criminal behavior. </p>