num_pages: 400
description: In a small town in Mississippi, a prosperous black mortician's business arrangements with police and politicians unravel as his son enters adulthood.
language: English
title: The Long Dream
titlecomplete: The Long Dream (New England Library Of Black Literature)
characters: Rex “Fishbelly” Tucker, Emma Tucker, Gloria Mason, Gerald Cantley, Tony Jenkins, Zeke Jordan, Harvey McWilliams, Tyree Tucker
genres: American, Southern, Literary Fiction, African American Literature, Race, Suspense, Psychology, African American, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 231
places: Mississippi
publisher: Northeastern University Press