false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175652739m/542953.jpg 542953 11 Set on a Louisiana 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> 1253462 book 1983 A Gathering of Old Men total:581|5:153|4:242|3:146|2:33|1:7| 581 2244 777 69 3 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 14:58:43 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 15:09:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 18:35:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 12:30:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 17:54:48 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 18:04:49 -0700 2009
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