A Gathering of Old Men

by Ernest J. Gaines · first published 1983

A Gathering of Old Men is a novel by Ernest J. Gaines published in 1983. Set on a 1970s Louisiana cane farm, the novel addresses racial discrimination in the post-civil rights era South. The novel's title characters each admit to the murder of Beau, a Cajun farmer, in an effort to protect the guilty party, and view their stand as a development of their manhood.

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Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.3 / 5 (3 on Open Library)

Year page:

1983