From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and
essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling
story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in
Harlem.
Cross Damon is a man at odds with society and with himself--a man of
superior intellect who hungers for peace but who brings terror and
destruction wherever he goes. The Outsider is an important work of
fiction that depicts American racism and its devastating consequences in
raw and unflinching terms. Brilliantly imagined and frighteningly
prescient, it is an epic exploration of the tragic roots of criminal
behavior.