A Death in the FamilyAnnotationAgee's portrayal of the sweetness of day-to-day familial relations are powerful and poignant. His masterfully drawn characters take on a haunting reality in this vivid recreation of life -- and sudden death.
Awards1958 Pulitzer Prize
Characters| Name | Follet, Rufus |
| Gender | Male |
| Trait | Fatherless |
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| Genre | Southern fiction Domestic Psychological Fiction
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| Topics | Family tragedy Fatherless families Loss Grief
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| Setting | Knoxville, Tennessee Middle class neighborhood
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