Gather Together in My Name by Tracy Price-Thompson

Gather Together in My Name

Tracy Price-Thompson

Atria Books · Paperback · May 20, 2008

From the nationally bestselling and Hurston/Wright award-winning author Tracy Price-Thompson comes a heartbreaking story of loyalty and love that goes beyond the ultimate sacrifice.

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Genres
Black Urban Fiction, Crime Fiction
Published
Atria Books, May 20, 2008

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From the nationally bestselling and Hurston/Wright award-winning author Tracy Price-Thompson comes a heartbreaking story of loyalty and love that goes beyond the ultimate sacrifice. Coming of age in the heart of crime-ridden Brooklyn, Shyne Blackwood is one in a set of triplets born into poverty and great tragedy. While his brothers are raised to seek a life of promise, Shyne's path veers early on.

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A street-seasoned hustler, he becomes known as a liar, a thief, and ultimately, a killer. Personifying many of the negative stereotypes attributed to black men, Shyne is accused and convicted of the brutal murder of a child, and an entire city demands vengeance as he's sent to death row in a cold New York state prison. On the eve of Shyne's execution, five people travel to Quincy Correctional Facility to witness the event. As the clock counts down to midnight, and while everyone has long since abandoned Shyne to his fate, a secret at the heart of this unthinkable crime remains to be discovered. It is a secret that will test the bonds of family, the strength of one man's character, and the redemptive power of a love worth dying for.

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Crime Fiction86%
Black Urban Fiction75%

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Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Black Fiction
  • Black Urban Fiction
Authors
Tracy Price-Thompson
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
May 20, 2008
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Literary Fiction