Native SonRight from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny: by chance, it was for murder and rape. [This book] tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, [it]is a reflection of the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America. |