Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying
Paperback
(Serpent's Tail (an imprint of Profile Books, Ltd.) Jan. 31, 2001)
In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson is an unwilling party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
- ISBN
- 185242723X / 9781852427238
- Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 6.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.08 x 0.71
in.