Reuben (novel)

Reuben

First edition
Author John Edgar Wideman
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Henry Holt
Publication date
1987
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 215
ISBN 0-395-85730-9
OCLC 39045168

Reuben is a novel by the American writer John Edgar Wideman set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1980s.

The novel tells the story of Reuben, an aging African American who lives in an abandoned trailer, but is a lawyer and go-between on behalf of poor blacks in Homewood, a neighborhood of the East End.

Sources

Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2005.


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