Like J.D. Salingar (The Catcher in the Rye), Ralph Elison's claim to fame is the only novel that he wrote and published in his lifetime - Invisible Man. The novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing the blacks in America during the 1930s, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity. It won Ellison the National Book Award in 1953. In 1998, the Modern Literary ranked Invisible Man nineteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels in the twentieth century, and Time magazine included it in its Time 100 Best' English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The present critical study explores and examines and analyses the novel from various angles for the benefit of students in our universities. In addition, the several critical problems arising therefrom have been tackled.