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Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man.
"Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--Booklist
"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer
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isiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, <b>A Gathering of Old Men</b> is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man. <br><br>"Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--<i>Booklist</i><br><br>"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i><br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>
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ISBN 13: 9780394514680
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