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A Lesson Before Dying

Author: Attica Locke, Ernest J. Gaines
SKU: 9781846687860

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An Oprah Book Club selectionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionNominated for a Pulitzer PrizeIn a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson witnesses a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

A Lesson Before Dying is a richly compassionate and deeply moving novel, the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who hopes to ease his burden before the execution.

  • Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 272 pages

ISBN : 9781846687860

Published : 4 Jun 2015

Author : Attica Locke, Ernest J. Gaines

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Profile Books Ltd

Size : 198 x 143 x 19 (mm)

Weight : 194g

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