"Part thriller, part magical realism, and part social commentary, Indian
Killer . . . lingers long past the final page."--Seattle Weekly
A national best seller, Indian Killer is arguably Sherman Alexie's
most controversial book to date--a gritty, racially charged literary
thriller that, over a decade after its first publication, remains an
electrifying tale of alienation and justice. A serial murderer called
the Indian Killer is terrorizing Seattle, hunting, scalping, and
slaughtering white men. Motivated by rage and seeking retribution for
his people's violent history, his grizzly MO and skillful elusiveness
both paralyze the city with fear and prompt an uprising of racial
brutality. Out of the chaos emerges John Smith. Born to Indians but
raised by white parents, Smith yearns for his lost heritage. As his
embitterment with his dual life increases, Smith falls deeper into
vengeful madness and quickly surfaces as the prime suspect. Tensions
mount, and while Smith battles to allay the anger that engulfs him, the
Indian Killer claims another life. With acerbic wit and chilling
page-turning intensity, Alexie takes an unflinching look at what
nurtures rage within a race both colonized and marginalized by a society
that neither values nor understands it.
