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Tony Hillerman
From Hillerman's latest novel,
"The Fallen Man". © 1996 by Tony Hillerman. Reprinted with permission
of Tony Hillerman and of his publisher,
Harper Collins.
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Peter Paul Staats
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OneWorld Magazine.
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An innovative mystery writer and self-styled "desert rat" who values
"family, old friends and good neighbors," Tony Hillerman writes in a detective-Western hybrid
genre that is usually set in the American Southwest among the Navajos. His heroes are a pair
of tribal policemen, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee, and his books are as much
prized for their profound grasp of place and their understanding of Native American culture as
they are for their plots. " He may be the only writer who has been compared to both Raymond
Chandler and Carlos Casta~eda," Alex Ward wrote in his profile of Hillerman that appeared in
the New York Times Magazine (May 14, 1989).
Hillerman's detective novels -- of which there are now eleven -- deal with people who are trying to maintain ancient traditions amid the chaotic change of the modern world. His insights into the psyches of Native Americans are so accurate that he appeals both to the Indians themselves (his books are now taught on reservations) and an enormous reading public (his novels have appeared on the New York Times's best-seller list three times in the last four years). "His uniquely habit-forming novels ... break every rule of publishing success, "Catherine Breslin pointed out in Publishers Weekly (June 10, 1983) "They are crammed with exotic characters and magic -- but virtually no money or sex, and precious little violence." Address regular mail to... Tony Hillerman c/o Curtis Brown Ltd.,
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