''Reuben'' is a novel by the American writer

John Edgar Wideman John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus o ...

set in

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during the 1980s. The novel tells the story of Reuben, an aging African-American man who lives in an abandoned trailer, but is a lawyer and go-between on behalf of poor blacks in Homewood, a neighborhood of the East End.

Sources

* ''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2005. 1987 American novels Novels set in Pittsburgh Henry Holt and Company books African-American novels Novels by John Edgar Wideman {{1980s-novel-stub