| Man Gone Down | |
| Title Orig: | Man Gone Down |
| Author: | Michael Thomas |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Grove Press |
| Pub Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Pages: | 431 |
| Isbn: | 0-8021-7029-3 |
| Dewey: | 813/.6 22 |
| Congress: | PS3620.H6352 M36 2007 |
| Oclc: | 74492272 |
Man Gone Down (2006) is the debut novel of U.S. author Michael Thomas. It won the 2009 International Dublin Literary Award, with Thomas receiving a prize of €100,000 (£85,000, US$140,000).[1] Man Gone Down is also recommended by The New York Times.[2]
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.[3] [4] The plot focuses on an attempt to achieve the American Dream.[5] Thomas describes Man Gone Down as having a "gallows humour".[5]