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Indian Killer by: Sherman Alexie List Price: $14.99 Childrens Bookshop Price: $10.19 You Save: $4.80 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780446673709 ISBN: 0446673706 Label: Grand Central Publishing Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: January 01, 1998 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Studio: Grand Central Publishing Sales Rank: 466724 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: A serial killer is stalking Seattle--taking the scalps of white males. Dubbed the "Indian Killer" by the local populace, the murderer's action have thrown the city's Native American community into turmoil. As retaliatory hate crimes against Native Americans escalate, John Smith--a Native American raised by a white family--must confront the violence in the streets--as well as in his own heart Print ads & publicity. 5-city author tour. Amazon.com Review: Native American Sherman Alexie's new novel is a departure in tone from his lyrical and funny earlier work, which include The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Reservation Blues. The main character is an Indian serial killer who incites racial tension by murdering whites in retribution for his people's history. The killer leaves clear signs of his motives by scalping his victims, and leaving feathers as gestures of Indian defiance. The killer is a conflicted creation--raised by loving white parents, but twisted by loss of his identity as an Indian. Alexie layers the story with complications and ancillary characters, from a rabid talk show host, to vengeance seeking whites, to liberals who find their patronizing espousal of Indian causes no longer so easy. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Beautifully written, but the strength of the story is not the mystery"The sheets are dirty. An Indian health service hospital in the late sixties, on this reservation or that reservation, any reservation, a particular reservation. Antiseptic, cinnamon, and danker odors, anonymous cries up and down the hallways..." Aside from "David Copperfield," and a few others, this opening is one of the strongest I have ever read. The story itself revolves around two mysteries: the primary is the mystery of John Smith's heritage. Though he's a full blood Native ... Read More: Rating:  - Loved itI found this book very satisfying on a couple of levels. First, I was impressed how Alexie developed a diminsional person using all the aspects of a humanity. I appreciated that his characters were neither good or bad, just people trying to survive. Secondly, I like the mystical aspect he put into. After all, aren't we all tied to our ancestors as strongly as Alexie paints. Rating: - Indian KillerIndian Killer Sherman Alexie New York, NY. Warner Books 1996 420 pages "The sheets are dirty. An Indian health service hospital in the late sixties, on this reservation or that reservation, any reservation, a particular reservation. Antiseptic, cinnamon, and danker odors, anonymous cries up and down the hallways..." This is the introduction that Sherman Alexie uses to explain the world, but through the eyes of Native Americans. Indian killer is ... Read More: Rating: - Well worth a second lookAfter reading other reviewers, I am amused and not a bit surprised. Sherman Alexie can't get a break - sure he is successful by many standards, but the critiques I read were watery. Useless, in fact. This book was a departure from Alexie's shorter stories - any why not? His short stories were a departure from his poems. His films have been departures in a sense, both from his texts, and also one from the other. His poetry bouts and comedy are also departures. What that says to me is you can't categorize ... Read More: Rating:  - A lot of noise, but not a lot of substance...I very much enjoyed the movie "Smoke Signals", which was based on Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven", so it was with substantial anticipation I sat down to read "Indian Killer" as part of a book club selecton. Right away the language was easy and light, and the first few chapters flew by quickly. However, it soon became evident that the story and the writing in general would not hold its appeal for me. It is set up as a typical "who-dunnit" albeit with an Indian ... Read More: |
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