In my view, Ernest J. Gaines is one of the best ever novelists about Louisiana. In particular, I would recommend “A Gathering of Old Men” and “Lessons Before Dying.” I lived and worked in Louisiana from 1993 to 2006, and I picked my first death penalty jury in Lake Charles in 1995. Everything you say rings entirely true to me. Sadly, the…
In my view, Ernest J. Gaines is one of the best ever novelists about Louisiana. In particular, I would recommend “A Gathering of Old Men” and “Lessons Before Dying.” I lived and worked in Louisiana from 1993 to 2006, and I picked my first death penalty jury in Lake Charles in 1995. Everything you say rings entirely true to me. Sadly, the pendulum seems to be swinging there in an ever more dangerous direction once again.
In my view, Ernest J. Gaines is one of the best ever novelists about Louisiana. In particular, I would recommend “A Gathering of Old Men” and “Lessons Before Dying.” I lived and worked in Louisiana from 1993 to 2006, and I picked my first death penalty jury in Lake Charles in 1995. Everything you say rings entirely true to me. Sadly, the pendulum seems to be swinging there in an ever more dangerous direction once again.