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Sent for You Yesterday by John Edgar Wideman follows Albert "Doot" Wilkes as he returns to the Homewood neighborhood in Pittsburgh after seven years on the run for killing a white police officer. Through conversations, Doot learns about events and memories involving friends and family in Homewood, unveiling interconnected stories from the 1920s to the 1970s, highlighting the complexities of freedom, family, and community. The novel includes themes of systemic racial violence and death.