A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J Gaines

This is a novel set in 1970s Louisiana, exploring racial tensions and the concept of manhood through the actions of elderly black men who confess to a murder to protect a younger man.

This book contains: alcohol, bullying, deception, discrimination, derogatory terms murder/death/grief, profanity, racial conflict, historical trauma, racism, rape, sexual assault, smoking, and violence.