Extra Indians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781571310798)

"This is familial redemption at its finest, which is to say agonizingly complex and wholly engaging." - Booklist

Every winter, Tommy Jack McMorsey watches the meteor showers in northern Minnesota. On the long haul from Texas to Minnesota, Tommy encounters a deluded Japanese tourist determined to find the buried ransom money from the movie Fargo. When the Japanese tourist dies of exposure in Tommy Jack's care, a media storm erupts and sets off a series of journeys into Tommy Jack's past as he remembers the horrors of Vietnam, a love affair, and the suicide of his closest friend, Fred Howkowski.

Exploring with great insight and wit the ways images, stereotypes, and depictions intersect, Extra Indians offers a powerful glimpse into contemporary Native American life.

Author: Eric Gansworth
ISBN-10: 1571310797
ISBN-13: 9781571310798
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/02/2010
Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 98
Booklist 10/01/2010 pg. 28
New York Times Book Review 12/12/2010 pg. 24
Foreword 10/17/2010