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Loading... The Sinister Pig (edition 2003)by Tony Hillerman
Work detailsThe Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
None.  Leiahc | May 4, 2013 |  ereader ebook romsfuulynn | Apr 28, 2013 | One of the better in the Leaphorn/Chee series. Like Hunting Badger, the seed of the idea behind the book is contemporary happenings -- Mineral/Oil Royalties due the tribes, oil, drugs. Hillerman takes the action to the AZ-Mexico border. (  ) sail7 | Mar 13, 2013 | This is an oddity for Hillerman. The story starts in Washington, with people we do not know, ends up near the Mexican border, and is more violent than other Leaphorn/Chee books. Not very violent, but just more. I found it an uncomfortable read, borrowing too much from the headlines and maybe things Hillerman is not so familiar with. (  )1  ffortsa | Oct 10, 2012 | Interesting story, well worth time, gangsters shooting people , Indian cops can figure it out. ( ) donagiles | Jul 18, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0061098787, Mass Market Paperback)Tony Hillerman is a national treasure, having achieved critical acclaim, chart-topping popularity, and a sterling reputation as an ambassador between whites and Indians. Fortunately, he's also still a marvelous writer, much imitated but never equaled. The Sinister Pig--his 16th novel to feature Navajo cops Joe Leaphorn and/or Jim Chee--isn't his best book, but it's still a pleasure from the first page to the last. Its plot is almost too complex to summarize, involving the mysterious shooting of an ex-CIA agent, financial shenanigans around oil-and-gas royalties, disappearing congressional interns, exotic pipeline technology, and the cross-border trade in both drugs and illegal aliens.Officer Bernadette Manuelito has left the Navajo Tribal Police for the U.S. Customs Service, patrolling the barren borderlands of southern New Mexico. There, her curiosity and smarts land her in a growing peril that provides much of the book's suspense--and invokes the protective instincts of Sergeant Chee, who still hasn't quite been able to tell her how he feels about her. It's impossible not to care about Hillerman's exquisitely drawn repertory characters, nor to overlook the pleasures of his beautifully crafted and relaxed-seeming prose. In the midst of these virtues are a few warts: several sections are a little flat or awkward, and the villainous plutocrat behind it all is short on plausibility (though lots of fun to hate). But even a lesser Hillerman is still a richer, more satisfying read than most authors' top stuff. --Nicholas H. Allison (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:49:40 -0500) Navajo Tribal Police Sergeant Jim Chee investigates the murder of an ex-CIA agent that is tied to an exotic-game ranch near the Mexican border. (summary from another edition) |
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It is also disappointing in that the story could have been exceptional, given a bit of care. This is an important issue to all the tribes, but should be just as important as a history lesson to all Americans as an indicator of just how corrupt the American government was in the past, and remains today.
Next time, I will take a little trip to the library before I automatically add the next Hillerman novel to my collection. (