Ernest J. Gaines
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English
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The murder of Beau Boutan in the compound of a backwoods Louisiana plantation sparks an orgy of local confession. Everyone, from the plantation's white owner, Candy Marshall, to more than a dozen old black men, gathered with recently-fired shotguns, claims to have fired the fatal shot, and prepares to defend themselves against the Boutan family's expected act of vengeance.