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| Author | John Edgar Wideman |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Henry Holt |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | United States |
| 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 man 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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