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Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman
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Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman Trade paperback - 2004

by Hillerman, Tony, and Bulow, Ernie

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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author.. Franklin, Ernest; and Sparkes, Kathleen (cover pai. Glued binding. 137, [1] pages. Illustrations. Map. Footnotes. Contains a Jim Chee mini-mystery. Signed by Bulow. With a new Afterword by Hony Hillerman. Tony Hillerman discusses his craft, including his approach to plot, characterisation, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique. These and other insights into how he writes emerge in an extended interview with his long-time friend and fellow author Ernie Bulow. An autobiographical piece by Hillerman details his early years in Oklahoma, first encounters with Navajo culture, and his eventual life as journalist and author. Navajo artist Ernest Franklin created twelve sketches of Hillerman characters for this book. Hillerman credits Franklin with "showing me what Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn look like. " As an additional treat, a Jim Chee mini-mystery, "The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs, " originally published in 1981 and long unavailable, is included. Ernest Franklin is a noted Navajo artist.
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  • Title Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman
  • Author Hillerman, Tony, and Bulow, Ernie
  • Illustrator Franklin, Ernest; and Sparkes, Kathleen (cover pai
  • Binding Trade paperback
  • Edition First printing [stated]
  • Condition Used - Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author.
  • Pages 137
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 61964
  • ISBN 9780826335111 / 082633511X
  • Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.46 x 5.3 x 0.41 in (21.49 x 13.46 x 1.04 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91002467
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.54

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In Talking Mysteries, Tony Hillerman discusses his craft, including his approach to plot, characterization, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique.

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  • Publishers Weekly, 04/12/2004, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 04/12/2004, Page 43

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