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).

[3][4] 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.

[2][5] The plot focuses on an attempt to achieve the American Dream.

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