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A haunting portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman's seminal memoir about two brothers - one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive. Wideman recalls the capture of his younger brother Robby, details the subsequent trials that resulted in a sentence of life in prison, and provides vivid views of the American prison system. A gripping, unsettling account, Brothers and Keepers weighs the bonds of blood, tenderness, and guilt that connect Wideman to his brother and measures the distance that lies between them.

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A master storyteller, both a witness and a prophet -- CARYL PHILLIPS A rare triumph . . . Wideman has succeeded in both understanding his brother's life and coming to terms with his own * * New York Times * * Powerful and disturbing . . . Brothers and Keepers is guaranteed to shock and sadden * * Washington Post * * Brave and brilliant, an almost frightening thing to behold * * Philadelphia Enquirer * * A profound writer -- RICHARD FORD A great American writer -- JOY WILLIAMS

Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman's gripping account of the events, social pressures and individual psychological responses that led his brother Robert to prison for murder and him to a middle-class life as a professor of English at the University of Wyoming in Laramie . . . It is a rare triumph * * New York Times * * Wideman's writing, like Toni Morrison's, is so pure and convincing that he can break the rules of classical storytelling, even invent some new ones * * Boston Globe * * Wideman is one of the nation's literary treasures -- Junot Diaz A writer who belongs in our permanent library * * New York Times * * There is a very obvious reason why John Edgar Wideman is one of America's most celebrated authors: he is very good * * Washington Post * * A profound writer -- RICHARD FORD A great American writer -- JOY WILLIAMS

A master storyteller, both a witness and a prophet -- CARYL PHILLIPS A rare triumph . . . Wideman has succeeded in both understanding his brother's life and coming to terms with his own * * New York Times * * Powerful and disturbing . . . Brothers and Keepers is guaranteed to shock and sadden * * Washington Post * * Brave and brilliant, an almost frightening thing to behold * * Philadelphia Enquirer * * A profound writer -- RICHARD FORD A great American writer -- JOY WILLIAMS One of my favourite books of non-fiction -- MITCHELL JACKSON

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John Edgar Wideman's books include Writing to Save a Life, Philadelphia Fire, Brothers and Keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop Dreams, and Sent for You Yesterday. He is a MacArthur Fellow and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and National Book Award. He divides his time between New York and France.

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