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Reuben (novel)

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Reuben
First edition
AuthorJohn Edgar Wideman
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHenry Holt
Publication date
1987
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages215
ISBN0-395-85730-9
OCLC39045168

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

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  • Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2005.