what genre book is native son
Yet before he was 40, Wright dominated literary America, publishing four books in seven years, each a triumph in its genre. His first novel, ''Native Son'' (1940), sold at the rate of 2,000 copies a day, making Wright the first best-selling black writer in the country's history. ''Black Boy'' (1945), his memoir of his Southern childhood, was a bigger success, selling more than a half-million copies.