Lawd Today Author:Richard Wright Jake Jackson's day is filled with jubilation and despair: a dreary, poorly-paid job -- and a numbers hit; a well-meaning, tiresome, nagging wife -- and a beautiful yellow woman to dance with. Jake Jackson's one-day osyssey through his harsh unrelenting world, his futile yearning for stable values, his aimless hopes, his sudden, insupportable rag... more »es and his bubbling joy -- all are brought to searing, scarring life by one of the major American novelists of our time. First published in 1963.« less