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The wig / Charles Wright ; with an introduction by Ishmael Reed.
LIBRA Special PS3573.R532 W75 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Charles, 1932-2008.
- Series:
- NEA heritage & preservation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- African American men--Fiction.
- African American men.
- Young men--Fiction.
- Young men.
- New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 176 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Mercury House, [2003]
- Summary:
- "The Wig is the story of Lester Jefferson, a young man of great good will, whose repeated attempts to become a part of "The Great Society" are doomed in advance. Aided, thwarted, and confused by numerous, curious companions, Lester conducts his inevitable search for happiness in a series of absurdist misadventures that begin with the transformation of the hair on his head into burnished silken curls."--Jacket.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. With new introd.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wright, Charles, 1932-2008. Wig.
- ISBN:
- 1562791273
- 9781562791278
- OCLC:
- 51235417
- Online:
- Publisher description
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