The Only Good Indians

"Peter Straub's Ghost Story meets Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies in this American Indian horror story of revenge on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Four American Indian men from the Blackfeet Nation, who were childhood friends, find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives, against an entity that wants to exact revenge upon them for what they did during an elk hunt ten years earlier by killing them, their families, and friends."--Provided by publisher.

About the author

Stephen Graham Jones

Summary

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a “masterpiece” (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. Labeled “one of 2020’s buzziest horror novels” (Entertainment Weekly), this is a remarkable horror story that “will give you nightmares—the good kind of course” (BuzzFeed).

From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

Additional text

“Jones... has written a masterpiece. The book is… as instinctive and essential as it is harsh. Despite the blood and bleakness, The Only Good Indians is ultimately also about hope and the promise of the future...Read it.”

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Graham Jones, Jones Stephen Graham
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781982136468
• ISBN: 978-1-982136-46-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Thrillers / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories, Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction, Relating to Native American people, FICTION / Indigenous / General