Brothers and keepers
By: John Edgar Wideman.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Wideman, Robert Douglas,  -- 1950-; Wideman, John Edgar.; African American criminals  -- Biography.; Brothers  -- United States  -- Biography.
Description: A haunting portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, this is the author's seminal memoir about two brothers, one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive wanted for robbery and murder. He 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, it weighs the bonds of blood, tenderness, and guilt that connect the author to his brother and measures the distance that lies between them.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.