Kirjahaku

Set in the civil rights era, A House Divided explores the private and public lives of two men, united in philosophy and friendship but divided by race, class and the circumstances of their rearing--and how their personal choices affect their public lives. The novel is at once a murder mystery and a reflection on a turbulent time in American history.

A House Divided is Jeff Caldwell's story, an account of how a dirt-poor white boy from central Louisiana survived his own turbulent family, the cultural, educational and material deprivations of the Great Depression and the horrors of World War II to stand for justice. Winner of the William Faulkner Prize (2000) for fiction.

Chronicles the stormy relationship of two characters as they grapple with career choices, Vietnam, and the Women's Movement during a remarkable period in American history.