Then they got caught by the law and had to throw away the meat. But the animal Lewis struggled to kill was pregnant, the calf inside it still alive. The friends celebrated and began field dressing the elk - that meat would keep their freezers full all winter. After the mayhem, nine carcasses littered the ground, the snow falling steadily on them. Lewis, one of the men, had to work hard at killing the beast, shooting it more than once. It was dark and snow had started falling, but they found a herd of elk at the bottom of a hill. In The Only Good Indians, Jones does that and more, and the more is quite special.įour Native American friends went hunting one night on land that was reserved for tribe elders. and then the weirdness will come and darkness will seep into everything, slowly, starting at the corners and spreading like a toxic, unstoppable fungus. When I open a SGJ novel, I know flawed characters and an engaging plot will get me hooked. Everything about the worlds, circumstances, characters, and atmospheres he creates appeals to me. I'm always giddy when I start a new Stephen Graham Jones novel.
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