Publishers Weekly, September 16th, 1996
Much of Alexie's poetry and prose is based on his own experiences as a boy growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Alexie describes his perception of himself as an outcast among outcasts.
SIX YEARS AGO, as a 24-year-old student at Washington State University, Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d' Alene Indian, set down his career goals at the insistence of a friend: 1) to publish ten books by age 30; 2) to see a book on the silver screen by 35; and 3) to receive a major literary prize by 40.
With Indian Killer (Forecasts, July 29), his third prose work, a tragic thriller about the ravages...
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