{"product_id":"native-son-by-richard-wright-9781784876128","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover Richard Wright's brutal and gripping masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago's slums, reckless, angry and adrift. A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger finds himself the \u003cem\u003ecause célèbre\u003c\/em\u003e in an ever-narrowing endgame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1940, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In addition to being a masterpiece, a Great American Novel'\u003c\/em\u003e — Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America'\u003c\/em\u003e — James Baldwin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWITH AN AFTERWORD BY GARY YOUNGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47551457198316,"sku":"9781784876128","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784876128-native-son.jpg?v=1776824948","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/native-son-by-richard-wright-9781784876128","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}