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  • Published: 1 April 1996
  • ISBN: 9780749395131
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $25.00

Reservation Blues



Only Big Mom can help when you've made a deal with the Devil. Robert Johnson, legendary blues man, arrives at the Spokane Reservation looking for relief. Thomas Builds-the-Fire shows him the way and finds himself owner of the great man's guitar. So, with Victor Joseph, Junior Polatkin and Chess and Checkers Warm Water, he hits the road, taking their four-and-a-half-chord rock and blues band to reservation bars, small town taverns, and the urban landscapes of Seattle and Manhattan.

  • Published: 1 April 1996
  • ISBN: 9780749395131
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $25.00

About the author

Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie is the author of Reservation Blues, Indian Killer, and The Toughest Indian in the World. His books have earned him a citation from the PEN Hemingway Award for Best First Book of Fiction, the Before Columbus Foundation's America Book Award and the Murray Morgan Prize.

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