A Gathering of Old Men
About this book
A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s. The Village Voice called A Gathering of Old Men “the best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade.”
Details
- First published
- 1983
- OL Work ID
- OL2547243W
Subjects
African American farmersFictionMurderHistoricalMystery & DetectiveAfrican AmericanRace relationsReading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 12Fiction, generalLouisiana, fictionAfrican americans, fictionLarge type booksAfrican AmericansAmerican Detective and mystery storiesRacismFiction, mystery & detective, general