Cass, though? Cass would have been more the sitting-in-front-of-the-lodge type, the made-for-the-twentieth-century type, maybe even already wearing some early version of John Lennon shades. In John Wayne’s day, him and Gabe would have been scooped up to die in a hail of gunfire, would have been Indians ‘16’ and ‘17’ of forty. Gabe, at six-two, was always a touch taller, but otherwise, yeah, sure.

“Off-rez, people always used to default-think that him and Lewis were brothers. The book’s initial focus is on four young Blackfeet men who intend to go elk hunting, and how the author describes them offers a telling example of his unconventional style: Jones tells his new tale with a dark humor that at times melds into sudden shock. The Only Good Indians is a haunting, frightening revenge tale built from a mind-bending blend of many things: Jones’s own Blackfeet Indian heritage basketball old trucks oil drilling social commentary elk hunting contemporary reservation life in Montana addictions the Blackfeet’s’ complex religious beliefs regarding animals, nature and the sun and what can happen when you’ve done something wrong in your past and try to drift away from your culture and traditions. He also has won numerous writing awards, including the Texas Institute of Letters 2005 Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Bram Stoker Award. Still in his forties, he already has penned and published at least twenty-two books (fiction and poetry). In this quirky, entertaining, hair-raising novel, Midland, Texas, native Stephen Graham Jones shows why he’s a master of horror fiction that quietly sneaks up on you first and then relentlessly makes you run for your life, screaming for help.

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