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Original title Man Gone Down Language English Pages 431 Originally published 2007 Page count 431 Publisher Grove Press | 3.2/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date 2007 ISBN 0-8021-7029-3 Genre Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards International Dublin Literary Award, New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year Similar International Dublin Literary Award winners, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Man Gone Down is the debut novel of U.S. author Michael Thomas. It won the 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, with Thomas receiving a prize of €100,000 (£85,000, US$140,000). Man Gone Down is also recommended by The New York Times.
Plot introduction
The novel is about an African-American man estranged from his white wife and their children, and who must come up with a sum of money within four days to have them returned. It focuses on an attempt to achieve the American Dream. Thomas describes Man Gone Down as having a "gallows humour".
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