NPR : ‘Father’s Law’ a Reflection of Wright’s Masterpieces

NPR : ‘Father’s Law’ a Reflection of Wright’s Masterpieces

In 1940, Chicago-based author Richard Wright published a violent first novel called Native Son. It was a huge success, and he spent the next 20 years blazing trails for other African-American writers.

Wright died of a heart attack in Paris in the autumn of 1960, leaving behind an unfinished novel he called A Father’s Law, about a police chief who suspects his son of several murders. That book will finally be published this week by Wright’s daughter.

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