{"product_id":"man-gone-down-9780802170293","title":"Man Gone Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful and moving . . . [Thomas] knows how the odds are stacked in America.\"-Kaiama L. Glover, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(cover review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully written and devastating first novel, \u003ci\u003eMan Gone Down \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a young Black father in a biracial marriage trying to claim a piece of the American Dream he has bargained on since youth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, the unnamed Black narrator of \u003ci\u003eMan Gone Down\u003c\/i\u003e 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 the kids in school and make a down payment on an apartment for them in which to live. As we slip between his childhood in inner city Boston and present-day New York City, we learn of 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Thomas's writing recalls some of the great American masters, including Ralph Ellison, but his debut is wholly and distinctly an original. \u003ci\u003eMan Gone Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling addition to the literature of and about America today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 928\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2006 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2006 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2006 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/04\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/05\/2007 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2007 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eMan Gone Down\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Book of the Year, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken King\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and in Ben George's anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dads\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at Hunter College. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43059543801971,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1171b50b-b4dc-4801-bcca-ce67883a60dd.jpg?v=1747308104","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/man-gone-down-9780802170293","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}