num_pages: 214
description: Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, 'A GATHERING OF OLD MEN' is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man.Building to a climax that is as stunning as it is inevitable, 'A GATHERING OF OLD MEN' powerfully describes the racial tensions in 1970s Louisiana. Narrators Peter Francis James, Michelle-Denise Woods, Sally Darling, Graham Brown, Murphy Guyer, Tom Stechschulte, and Mark Hammer bring Gaines' masterful prose to vivid life.Running Time =&gt; 7hrs. and 37mins.©1992 Ernest J. Gaines (P)1996 Recorded Books
language: English
title: A Gathering of Old Men
titlecomplete: A Gathering of Old Men
characters: Janice "Janey" Robinson, Jacques "Tee Jack" Thibeaux, Beau Boutan, Cyril "Clatoo" Robillard, Mathu, George "Snookum" Eliot, Jr., Robert "Chimley" Louis Stevenson Banks, Joseph "Rufe" Seaberry, Gil Boutan, Sidney "Coot" Brooks, Matthew "Matt" Lincoln Brown, Luke Will, Albert "Rooster" Jackson, Thomas "Sully" Vincent Sullivan, Horace "Sharp" Thompson, Candy Marshall, Louis "Lou Dimes" Alfred Dimoulin, Grant "Cherry" Bello, Sheriff Mapes
genres: Fiction, African American, Classics, Southern, Race, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, School
ratings_count: 6295
places: Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Vintage