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Indian Killer (Hardcover)

by Sherman Alexie (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr; First Edition edition (Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 087113652X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0871136527
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.7 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,096,880 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A strange turnaround for Alexie., 3 Oct 2005
By Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indian Killer (Paperback)
Sherman Alexie is a fantastically gifted writer, and Reservation Blues and his short stories are recognized as masterpieces. This book, however, is so different in its focus and execution that one wonders what Alexie's motivation was in publishing it. The main character is despicable--and obviously mentally ill. He brutalizes the most innocent of victims, shocking the reader with murders which could not be more loathsome in their graphic detail. This violence is gratuitous. We are given no understanding of the man or his motivation.

Some might argue that because he was stolen from his Indian mother and given to whites to raise that he never felt part of either the white or Indian worlds, and that this is his justification, if not his motivation. But he was an infant when this kidnapping happened, however disgraceful it was, and his adoptive parents were loving ones. It's the old Nature vs. Nurture theme, and Alexie seems to be saying here that Nurture counts for less than nothing if it takes place in a white environment.

Perhaps Alexie is trying to turn the tables by having an Indian exact the kind of gratuitous violence against the white world that has been exacted against Native Americans. If that is the case, he has confused the issue by having his killer be part of neither culture, with no social values from either culture infusing his actions. And if Alexie's point is that other Indians are justified in feeling like his killer, one wonders why his depiction of Indian life in Reservation Blues, for example, is so bleak and why his main characters there escape to the white world, "[singing] together...with the shadow horses....a song of mourning that would become a song of celebration." Mary Whipple

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars unremittingly tedious!, 12 Feb 2005
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If there existed a prize for the most tedious book ever written then this book would almost certainly be shortlisted. It is quite simply pedestrian nonsense populated with the type of one-dimensional, stereotypical characters one normally associates with the worst daytime TV soap operas! It should be almost painfully obvious to those who have reasonably functioning senses that racism is endemic to all but the most enlightened societies: so that when we seek 'entertainment' from a novel we don't need to be battered about the head by an author who seemingly thinks he's doing God's work by grafting a so-called serial killer story onto a piece of poorly written and pedestrian soap-box tub thumping! If you want a good crime story turn (back) to Michael Connelly, John Connolly, James Lee Burke et al. If you want serious research into the social ills that afflict modern societies take a trip to your local library!
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars couldn't put it down, 6 Feb 2009
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I really liked this book .... it didn't really know what to expect what i bought this book, i only got it because i like sherman alexie and yet again, he failed to disappointment me =) I couldn't put it down! Basically the book is centred on John Smith who has been adopted by non-native american parents and the possibility that he indeed could be the so called "indian killer". I did like John but the other characters for me were just as interesting and sometimes when the narratives changed, i forgot all about john because i was so drawn into each character's life and perspective. Plus, there is also a chance that anyone of the charcter is the "indian killer". I think it a great book, i couldn't put it down and i would recommend it highly! Two thumbs up!
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