Native Son Jazz Charlie and Ronnie

Charlie and Ronnie

the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper

Melody Maker

Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich’s final collapse

Native Son Jazz Charlie and RonnieReckless, angry and adrift, Bigger Thomas has grown up trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. But a job with the affluent Dalton family provides the setting for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. First published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America. Reckless,