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| #5470300 in Books | 1992-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .84 x5.02 x8.20l, | Binding: School & Library Binding | 213 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Gathering of Old Men|By sophiab|I read this years ago when I was a librarian living in Texas and it was newly published. I reread it living in California for book club. It was marvelous the first time and marvelous the second time. People behaving as people, doing what they've learned and continuing to do so until a killing of a white man by a black man calls people to act an||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
Beau Boutan, a Cajun farmer, is shot dead. Candy Marshall, the headstrong young plantation owner, tells everyone that she killed Beau. But when the sheriff arrives, he finds a dozen aging black men each claiming to have done the deed.
The sheriff fails to break the circle of protection thrown around the real murderer. He realizes that these men are not afraid of Boutan family vengeance, and welcome a chance to get even after whole lifetimes of oppression.
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