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The Blessing Way (Joe Leaphorn Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Tony Hillerman (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPaperbacks; Reprint edition (30 April 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0061000019
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061000010
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.9 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 80,687 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Brilliant . . . As fascinating as it is original."-- "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"A thriller . . . Highly recommended."-- "The New Yorker

Synopsis
Witchcraft appears to be involved in the death of an Indian, whose body is found in Many Ruins Canyon, and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is charged with the task of solving the crime.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great book with a lot of the Navajo culture thown in, 17 Oct 1998
By A Customer
This was my first Hillerman book. It was impossible to put down. The mixture of mystery and Navajo history was perfect. I can't wait to read more of his books
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "He stirs, he stirs, he stirs, he stirs,", 7 Aug 2004
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blessing Way (Joe Leaphorn Novels) (School & Library Binding)
"Among the lands of dawning, he stirs, he stirs.
The pollen of dawning, he stirs, he stirs.
Now in old age wandering, he stirs, he stirs.
Now on the trail of beauty, he stirs,
Talking God, he stirs..."
It is in the 1970's pre-cell phone where parallel lives take place. We have an Indian wanted for a stabbing who turns up dead. Not just dead but in the wrong place. Not the wrong place but in a mysterious way. There is also a team of archeologists looking into which craft (they just may find it). One archeologist seems to be missing. A strange Navaho has his hat stolen but the silver hat band left. A woman is coming to visit her fiancé is in for an adventure she did not count on. From all of this Joe Leaphorn must make some sort of sense.
It is the descriptiveness of Tony Hillerman that goes beyond the mystery to pant a picture of a different world that we get to glimpse in the process of reading.
Read the book but the addition of the voice of George Guidall ads a dimension to the story by helping visualize the people and correcting pronunciation of certain words. I suggest you read the book and listen to the recorded version.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars "A Nice, Quick Read", 21 Mar 1999
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I must say Mr. Hillerman knows his Navajo culture. Some very fascinating stuff. The plot was OK, though at times I felt it strayed a bit. It did come back in the second half of the book, which contained the most drama in the story as archeologist Bergen McKee is thrust into a life or death confrontation with the main villian.
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