| Description |
xix, 242, [1] pages ; 21 cm |
| Audience |
850L Lexile |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, †1984. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Wideman, John Edgar -- Family.
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Wideman, Robert Douglas, 1950-
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
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African American authors -- Family relationships.
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African American criminals -- Biography.
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Brothers -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780618509638 (pbk.) |
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0618509631 (pbk.) |
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