- Fiction, Indians of North America, Race relations, Ethnic identity
A murderer is stalking and scalping white men in Seattle. While this so-called Indian Killer terrorizes the city, its Native American population is thrown into turmoil. John Smith, an Indian adopted as a newborn baby into a white family, is increasingly dissatisfied with his life and dreams of the existence he might have led on the reservation - he is gently descending into madness.
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Contemporary, grave, bleak and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Sherman Alexie
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 420
- Publisher
- Warner Books, Tandem Library, Grand Central Publishing
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780871136527
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Sherman J. Alexie, Jr., was born in October 1966. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA, about 50 miles northwest of Spokane, WA. Alexie has published 18 books to date. Alexie is an award-winning and prolific author and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a modern Native American. Sherman's best known works include The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Smoke Signals, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He lives in Seattle, Washington
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