← Charles WrightThe Messengerby Charles WrightMan navigates urban life as itinerant messenger caught between worlds and identitiesFind on Amazon↗About the authorCharles WrightCharles Wright (the novelist, not the poet) wrote The Wig, a satirical novel of 1960s Harlem in which a Black man straightens his hair to pass as a member of the Great Society. Its dark comedy is savage and prophetic.More by Charles WrightThe WigSatire of African-American life exploring identity, skin color, and economic desperation in urban America→Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About→