Brothers and keepers
By: John Edgar Wideman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Wideman, John Edgar -- Family; Wideman, Robert Douglas, 1950-; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships; African American authors -- Family relationships; African American criminals -- Biography; Brothers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: The author examines his brother's life in comparison to his own and asks himself why they are so different, one a college professor, one sentenced to life imprisonment. 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.