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Title: Good enough
Review: This novel gives a good depiction of what life must have been like for a black community in southern Louisiana before civil rights. The writing is restrained and unsentimental, almost to the point of bleakness. I wish Gaines would not be so clipped and obviously self-edited in his style. Jefferson redeems himself and also the narrator, as well as Paul, the deputy. It is a novel about hope and pride, not just for black people, but for everyone who faces a moral and spiritual dilemma.
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