num_pages: 256
description: Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to impart his learning and pride to the condemned man
language: English
title: A Lesson Before Dying
titlecomplete: A Lesson Before Dying
genres: Fiction, Historical, School, Literature, Classics, Adult Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 58704
places: Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Demco Media