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Description edit
Denis Johnson meets Flannery O"Connor in this luminous collection of short stories about the collision of cultures, genders, and generations in the American Southwest. Set mainly amid Indian reservations and uranium mills, these twelve stories create a kaleidoscopic view of family, myth, love,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Pete: Add a description of this character.
- Manny
- Billy
- Sadie
- Katherine
- Mark
- Barry
- Scott
- Ginny
- Willa
- Josephine
- Wanda
- Ronnie
- Mama
- Charlie Alexander
- Janet
- Mr. Mcgilly
- Miss Adams
- Mr. Slaugh
- Theresa Mooney
- Lynn
- Mike
- Tyrone
- Brenda
- Maddy
- Leigh
- Irene
- Sam Hunt
- Karen
- Joe
- Evangeline
- Michael
- Nan
- Del Rink
- Chester
- Rosie Mooney
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The first time I saw this girl she was standing at the bottom of the coal pile.
Table of Contents edit
1. Red Ant House
2. Trapeze
3. The Shiprock Fair
4. Blue Fly
5. Where I Work
6. Crazy Yellow
7. Headhunter
8. Dr. War Is a Voice on the Phone
9. The Hypnotist's Trailer
10. Bitterwater
11. Starburst
12. Billy by the Bay
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ann Cummins (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0618269258
Page Count: 179
Publisher: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0618269258
Page Count: 179
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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