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Edgar Award-winning writer Tony Hillerman has earned a reputation as a Grand Master of the popular mystery. This is the first full-length examination of his work. One of the most successful contemporary American writers, Hillerman has made his stories of Native American detectives instrumental to understanding modern American life. Through the creation of his Navajo detective characters and his treatment of the problems of order and identity in modern society, Hillerman has given new vigor to the popular genre of mystery fiction. This study examines each of his 13 novels in turn and includes…
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4 editions- Other · English · 2002ABC-CLIO, LLC · 9780313326486
- Other · English · 1996Greenwood Press · 218 pages · 9780313294167
- Other · English · 1996ABC-CLIO, LLC · 9781280928062
- Other · English · 1996ABC-CLIO, LLC · 9780313008399
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