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Evoking the work of great American masters such as Ralph Ellison, but distinctly original, Michael Thomas’ first novel is a beautifully written, insightful, and devastating account of a young black father of three in a biracial marriage trying to claim a piece of the American Dream. On the eveContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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American Dream Deferred
Call him Ishmael. It’s one of a few placeholders the protagonist of Michael Thomas’s first novel, “Man Gone Down,” offers up as a clue to his identity. It doesn’t matter if that’s really his name, though, because like Melville’s enlightened nonhero, ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 432 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0802170293
- ISBN-13: 9780802170293
- Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
- Pub date: Dec 07, 2006
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780802170293 | Paperback | $14.00 | $10.78 | bn.com |
| $14.00 | $6.41 | The Book Depository |
Irmeli Huttunen 
Bridges over troubled waters
"I know I'm not doing well. I have an emotional relationship with a fish." So opens Man Gone Down, the debut novel by Michael Thomas, which recently won the Impac award, the world's most lucrative literary prize. The novel's unnamed narrator is confr ... (read full critics)