 1st edition hardback copy from 1983 | |
| Author | Ernest J. Gaines |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 213 |
| ISBN | 0-394-51468-8 |
| OCLC | 9682782 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3557.A355 G3 1983 |
A Gathering of Old Men is a novel by Ernest J. Gaines published in 1983.
Set on a 1970s Louisiana cane farm, the novel addresses racial discrimination in the post-civil rights era South. The novel's title characters each admit to the murder of Beau, a Cajun farmer, in an effort to protect the guilty party, and view their stand as a development of their manhood.