the only good indians – Mike Wilson https://mikewilsonwriter.com Writing in the post-truth world Wed, 21 Oct 2020 03:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 177517995 Book Review – The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham https://mikewilsonwriter.com/2020/10/22/book-review-the-only-good-indians-by-stephen-graham/ https://mikewilsonwriter.com/2020/10/22/book-review-the-only-good-indians-by-stephen-graham/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:26:00 +0000 https://mikewilsonwriter.com/?p=974 The Only Good Indians

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones is like Tommy Orange meets Stephen King, a horror story (at times with a bit of gore) set in modern Native American community. While the plot circles around four Blackfeet men haunted by an elk, the author alternates point of view among many protagonists (including a 14-year old girl and the elk herself). The author does a wonderful job both creating the relationships between the characters and creating the creepy atmosphere where we, like the characters, are never quite sure what we’re seeing. Great writing. Here’s what NPR says:

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/16/891433693/grief-and-guilt-spawn-horrors-in-the-only-good-indians

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