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A Gathering of Old Men

by Ernest J. Gaines
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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.”
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Formats

OverDrive Read

subjects

Fiction African American Fiction Mystery Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.4
Lexile® Measure:650
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:2-3

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.”
Expand title description text
Fiction African American Fiction Mystery Historical Fiction