A Lesson Before Dying

A novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. It explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Toni Morrison's "Beloved". It is the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit.

• | By (Author): Ernest J. Gaines (Author)
• | Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jun 04, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1846687861
• | ISBN-13: 9781846687860