Hunting Badger - Brossura

Hillerman, Tony

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ISBN 10: 0061097861 ISBN 13: 9780061097867

Casa editrice: Harper Torch, 2000

Riassunto

While the Federal Government combs the Navaho reservation looking for three cop-killers, Navajo Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee each develop their own theories about the crime and the seemingly inept but technological savvy search for the killers. Reissue.

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Recensione:

“Hillerman soars.” (Boston Globe)

“His best.” (Rocky Mountain News)

“Irrestible.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Tony Hillerman is a wonderful storyteller....Surrendering to Hillerman’s strong narrative voice and supple storytelling techniques, we come to see that ancieant cultures and modern sciences are simply different mythologies for the same reality.” (New York Times Book Review)

Complex, engrossing...On their own, (Leaphorn and Chee) are compeling; as a duo they ‘re the best since Lennon and McCartney.” (Washington Post Book World)

L'autore:

Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident since 1963, was the author of 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children’s books, and nonfiction works. He had received every major honor for mystery fiction; awards ranging from the Navajo Tribal Council's commendation to France 's esteemed Grand prix de litterature policiere. Western Writers of America honored him with the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He served as president of the prestigious Mystery Writers of America, and was honored with that group’s Edgar Award and as one of mystery fiction’s Grand Masters. In 2001, his memoir, Seldom Disappointed, won both the Anthony and Agatha Awards for best nonfiction.

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• Editore: Harper Torch
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0061097861
• ISBN 13: 9780061097867
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352