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A sheriff is summoned to a sugarcane plantation, where he finds one white woman, one dead Cajun farmer and eighteen old black men, each toting a shotgun. Each man claims guilt, and all threaten to provoke a riot at the courthouse should the sheriff try to make an arrest. In the meantime they wait for the lynch mob that the dead man's father is sure to launch. Before it's over everyone involved has been surprised by something, most of all the black men by their taste of power and pride.
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Gaines knows how to tell a story... He writes with humour, a strong sense of drama and a compassionate understanding of people who find themselves in opposing positions (Washington Post)
The best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade (Village Voice)
Riveting... it takes off like a shot and keeps your heart pounding right through to the final climax (San Francisco Chronicle)
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The best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade (Village Voice)
Riveting... it takes off like a shot and keeps your heart pounding right through to the final climax (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ernest J. Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. His novels include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Of Love and Dust, Catherine Carmier, Bloodline, A Gathering of Old Men and In My Father's House.
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- PublisherSerpent's Tail
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1852426608
- ISBN 13 9781852426606
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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