Brothers and Keepers

by Wideman, John Edgar

Memoirs

Published 03/05/2018 by Canongate Books (Canongate Canons) in the United Kingdom as part of the Canons series.

Paperback | 368 pages

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 him to his brother and measures the distance that lies between them.