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/GAINES ERNEST J A compelling novel of a man brought to reckon with his buried past. In a small rural black community in Louisiana, Reverend Martin--a respected minister and civil rights leader, devoted husband and father, a man of strength and rectitude--comes face to face with the sins of his youth when a sinister stranger arrives in town nA compelling novel of a man brought to reckon with his buried past... n In St. Adrienne, a small black community in Louisiana, Reverend Phillip Martin--a respected minister and civil rights leader--comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious meeting with the Reverend. n n In the confrontation between the two, the young mans secret burden explodes into the open, and Phillip Martin begins a long-neglected journey into his youth to discover how destructive his former life was, for himself and for those around him. n n ...on every page theres an authentic moment, or a dead-right knot of conversation, or a truer-than-true turn of phrase...--Kirkus Reviewsn
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Brand: Ernest J. Gaines
