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"* '[A] jazzy, sinewy debut... Thomas's urgent, quicksilver prose makes even the darkest moments of this novel shine' - O. The Oprah Magazine * 'Vivid, graphic and poignant' - Washington Post * 'Powerful and moving... An impressive success' - New York Times Book Review"
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This book is an extraordinary debut that tackles race, wealth and family head on as a young black man finds the American Dream dissolving around him. On the eve of this thirty-fifth birthday, the unnamed black narrator of "Man Gone Down" finds himself broke, estranged from his white wife and three children, and living in the bedroom of a friend's six-year-old child. He has four days to come up with the money to keep his kids in school and make a down payment on an apartment for them to live in. As we slip between his childhood in inner city Boston and present-day New York City, we discover a life marked by abuse, abandonment, raging alcoholism, and the best and worst intentions of a supposedly integrated America. This is a story of the American Dream gone awry, about what it's like to feel preprogrammed to fail in life and the urge to escape that sentence.
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Black man marries white woman. Black man wants to do the right thing and genuinely loves his wife. Black man is a loser but perseveres and does all right by himself and his wife. I got over half way through this book (winner of the IMPAC award) but found it to be over-written and slightly pretentious, what with quotations from T.S. Eliot and a host of others. I'd love to be able to say that I thought this was a worthy winner of the award but it seems like a bit of a blip to me.
Worthy but dull, I'm afraid. And I'm disappointed to say that because I was looking forward to reading this.
Worthy but dull, I'm afraid. And I'm disappointed to say that because I was looking forward to reading this.
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I found this book incredibly refreshing and a wonderful read. This is a great story, that although has a rather 'existentialist' feel to it, ultimately lifts above what could have been a very depressing novel. Well done!
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Michael Thomas created an evoking character in Man Gone Down. Very intriguing novel which was characterised by intense feeling throughout. i really enjoyed, and would recommend to anyone.
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