num_pages: 266
description: A haunting portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman’s seminal memoir about two brothers — one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive wanted for robbery and murder. Wideman recalls the capture of his younger brother Robby, details the subsequent trials that resulted in a sentence of life in prison, and provides vivid views of the American prison system.A gripping, unsettling account, Brothers and Keepers weighs the bonds of blood, tenderness, and guilt that connect Wideman to his brother and measures the distance that lies between them.
language: English
title: Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir
genres: Autobiography, Race, African American, Biography Memoir, Biography, School, Memoir, American, Nonfiction, Crime
ratings_count: 1005
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Mariner Books