This is the newest novel from the writer Louise Erdrich. Her previous novel was a kind of post-apocalyptic story involving pregnant native women being collected and housed to preserve population growth in a world facing crisis. So this novel hearkens back to her previous works, especially The Master Butchers’ Singer and tells a close perspective historical novel. The historical moment being told here involves the Federal government’s attempts to “liberate” the Turtle Rock band of native Americans from federal support. This “liberation” of course means the […]
Thomas Wazhashk removed his thermos from his armpit and set it on the steel desk alongside his scuffed briefcase.
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
