\u201cOff-rez, people always used to default-think that him [Gabe] and Lewis were brothers. Gabe, at six-two, was always a touch taller, but otherwise, yeah, sure. In John Wayne\u2019s day, him and Gabe would have been scooped up to die in a hail of gunfire, would have been Indians \u201816\u2019 and \u201817\u2019 of forty. Cass, though? Cass would have been more the sitting-in-front-of-the-lodge type, the made-for-the-twentieth-century type, maybe even already wearing some early version of John Lennon shades. Ricky, he\u2019d be Bluto from Popeye, just darker; put him in front of a camera, and all he could hope to play would be the Indian thug off to the side, that nobody trusts to remember even half a line.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Both predictably and unpredictably, things go wildly awry for the quartet. But the book\u2019s unexpected resolution rolls out at a pace worthy of a high-dollar Hollywood action-thriller.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now an English professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, Jones received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Texas Tech, his master\u2019s from the University of North Texas, and his PhD from Florida State University. Along with horror fiction, Jones\u2019s novels and short story collections have included experimental fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. In 2014, the Los Angeles Times<\/em> said Jones \u201cmay be the best prolific writer you haven\u2019t heard of yet.\u201d In that article, Jones told the newspaper that about the only genre he hasn\u2019t tried yet is romance. He said he might even try writing a romantic comedy soon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Only Good Indians<\/em> definitely is not that<\/em> book. Stephen Graham Jones\u2019s fans likely will be pleased that he has, once again, not<\/em> gone off the reservation in his fiction. Meanwhile, readers seeking off-beat, unnerving tales should consider checking out this inventive writing voice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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