Country United States Publication date 1987 Pages 215 Originally published 1987 Page count 215 | Language English Media type Print (hardback) ISBN 0-395-85730-9 Genre Novel OCLC 39045168 | |
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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 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.
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