Runner in the Sun
D'Arcy McNickle, Allan C. Houser, Alfonso Ortiz
Paperback
(University of New Mexico Press, Aug. 1, 1987)
First published in 1954 and long out of print, this novel of pre-Hispanic Indian life in the Southwest combines the authenticity of an anthropological report with the suspense of a mystery novel. The author, best known as an anthropologist during his lifetime, is now recognized as a major Native American novelist. Hitherto virtually unknown, Runner in the Sun is sure to take its place next to McNickle's The Surrounded, also available from UNM Press, as a classic of Native American fiction.
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