Man Gone Down
| Author | Michael Thomas |
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| Original title | Man Gone Down |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
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Publication date
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2007 |
| Pages | 431 |
| ISBN | 0-8021-7029-3 |
| OCLC | 74492272 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3620.H6352 M36 2007 |
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).[1][2][3] Man Gone Down is also recommended by The New York Times.[3][4]
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.[2][5] It focuses on an attempt to achieve the American Dream.[3] Thomas describes Man Gone Down as having a "gallows humour".[3]
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If the winning book is a translation, the prize is divided between the writer and the translator, with the writer receiving €75,000 and the translator €25,000.
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