A haunting portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman's seminal
memoir about two brothers - one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive wanted for robbery and murder.
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
Wideman to his brother and measures the distance that lies between them.