Invisible Man | Critical Overview

Invisible Man was published to instant acclaim, though its complexity did not necessarily make it an easy read. Writing in Commentary in 1952 Saul Bellow called it ‘‘a book of the very first order, a superb book,’’ praising in particular the episode in which Jim Trueblood tells his tale of incest to Mr. Norton. ‘‘One is accustomed to expect excellent novels about boys, but a modern novel about men is exceedingly rare.’’ Anthony West wrote in The New Yorker that Invisible...

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