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A Death in the Family
1957 novel by James Agee
This article is about the James Agee novel.
Fictional autobiography definition in literature
For the Batman storyline, see A Death in the Family (comics). For other uses, see A Death in the Family (disambiguation).
A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by James Agee. It was based on events which occurred to Agee in 1915, when his father went out of town to see his own father, who had suffered a heart attack.
During the return trip, Agee's father was killed in a car crash.
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Premise
The novel provides a portrait of life in Knoxville, Tennessee, showing how such a loss affects the young widow, her two children, her atheist father and the deceased alcoholic brother.
Background
Agee commenced work on the novel in 1948.
It was still incomplete at the time of his death in 1955. Reputedly, many portions had been written in the home of his friend Frances Wickes.[1]
Publication
It was edited and released posthumously in 1957 by editor David McDowell.