The Wig

Name: The Wig
Author: Charles Wright

by Charles Wright

Satire of African-American life exploring identity, skin color, and economic desperation in urban America

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Charles Wright

Charles 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.

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