Synopsis
Rudy Yellow Shirt is a tribal policeman, although the "major crimes" on the reservation are covered by the FBI. This leaves Rudy to contend with domestic violence, alcohol, and drugs, which can be depressing enough, but Rudy's marriage has disintegrated, and the blood pressure medication he takes has ruined his sex life. Then Rudy suffers a knock on the head: His sex life returns, with far more vigor than before; and the inner man changes as well. The blow brings out the "Avenging Warrior" in him.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-06-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Rudy Yellow Shirt, a full-blooded Oglala Sioux and a criminal investigator with the Pine Ridge Public Safety Department, spends most nights locking up drunk and disorderly Indians, frequently including his own ciye, his older brother Mogie. They live on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the home of Crazy Horse's tribe, where the Indian wars ended with the massacre at Wounded Knee, and where so many Oglala people try to maintain their ancient dignity while living on welfare checks and cans of surplus commodity foods distributed by the government. But when Rudy falls and hits his head on a rock, the spirit of Iktomi, the trickster, starts messing with his life.
Soon Rudy finds himself taking on the alter ego of the Avenging Warrior and dispensing swift vigilante justice to unlucky criminals. Then, one night, the Warrior decides to firebomb one of the liquor stores that hug the border of the reservation, and Iktomi plays his most diabolical trick, starting a chain of events that will change Rudy and Mogie's relationship forever.
Industry Reviews
"It is a wonderfully written novel, filled with great characters, savvy humor, and true compassion. Adrian Lewis is one of those writers we wait for and, believe me, he doesn't disappoint."
James Welch
"The humor in this novel is wonderful, and serves as a much-needed relief valve for the weightier issues....[E]ditorial difficulties aside, Louis has created a sympathetic, believable character in Rudy Yellow Shirt, and given us another devastating impression of reservation life."
Bloomsbury Review - Abigail Davis
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