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Title: Talking God (Jim Chee Novels) by Tony Hillerman ISBN: 0-06-109918-X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 15 January, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good book, but too cruel
Comment: I am a great fan of Tony Hillerman's, and I think this book is as well-written as his others. The plotting is good, the characters are well-drawn, and the world he creates seems accurate (I'm a former resident of the DC suburbs). My only problem with the book is that, at times, it becomes too cruel. There's not really any unnecessary violence, or excessive gore. But there are some painful moments.
Even so, it's a Hillerman, which means that it has a solid plot and good character development. Not the best place to start reading the series, perhaps. But worth a look if you like Hillerman.
Rating: 5
Summary: Leaphorn and Chee triumph again!
Comment: In this, the ninth Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery, Tony Hillerman moves some of his action outside his favored Navajo nation to the streets and museums of Washington DC. In "Talking God," Hillerman's police duo combine their skills once more for a riveting Hillerman police procedural. Both men are pursuing different crimes, and both end up in the nation's capital in an exciting run. Chee is in Washington to arrest Henry Highhawk, a Smithsonian curator and native American, for plundering the bones of their ancestors; Leaphorn is looking for the identity of a murder victim. As always, Hillerman provides much local color, culture, and socio/economic dynamics of the Navajos, many of whom are grasping quite desperately at maintaining a balance between their history and the present day sets of values. At the same time,"Talking God" is a compelling, gripping read in true Hillerman fashion. ([email protected])
Rating: 5
Summary: Mr. Leaphorn and Mr. Chee go to Washington
Comment: This is the ninth -- and one of the best -- of the outstanding Navajo Detective series. Hillerman first wrote three books with detective Joe Leaphorn as the hero, then three more featuring Jim Chee, and now he has written three more with both Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee as characters.
The first chapter of "Talking God" will hook you immediately. Unlike most Hillerman books, which take place in the broad horizons of the Navajo Reservation, "Talking God" has the slightly amusing spectacle of the two Navajo policeman wandering around Washington D.C. One of them (Leaphorn) is uncomfortably attired in a three piece suit and the other (Chee) wears cowboy boots, blue jeans, bolo tie, and leather jacket -- a bizarre apparition indeed among the paper warriors of the governing tribe.
The novel features a look at Navajo ceremonials, a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Smithsonian, some insights into the bones-and-stones argument between anthropologists and Indians, a villainous villain, lots of good old fashioned murder and mayhem, a bit of international intrigue, and a riproaring climax as the two Navajos solve the mystery while the FBI, as usual, stands around in a fog.
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Title: Listening Woman (Joe Leaphorn Novels) by Tony Hillerman ISBN: 0061000299 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 15 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sacred Clowns (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels) by Tony Hillerman ISBN: 0061092606 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Thief of Time (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels) by Tony Hillerman ISBN: 0061000043 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Coyote Waits (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels) by Tony Hillerman ISBN: 0061099325 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 15 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: People of Darkness (Jim Chee Novels) by Tony Hillerman ISBN: 0061099155 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 15 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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