“A serious, powerful novel…[Gaines] is a writer of terrific energy.”—The Nation
This is the story of Marcus: bonded out of jail where he has been awaiting trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields. There he encounters conflict with the overseer, Sidney Bonbon, and a tale of revenge, lust and power plays out between Marcus, Bonbon, Bonbon’s mistress Pauline, and Bonbon’s wife Louise.
- ISBN10 0393009149
- ISBN13 9780393009149
- Publish Date 17 March 1979 (first published June 1971)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 281
- Language English