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Reservation Blues
Reservation Blues
Aug 3, 2025 4:33 AM

Author:Sherman Alexie

Reservation Blues

Only Big Mom can help when you've made a deal with the Devil. Robert Johnson, legendary blues man, arrives at the Spokane Reservation looking for relief. Thomas Builds-the-Fire shows him the way and finds himself owner of the great man's guitar. So, with Victor Joseph, Junior Polatkin and Chess and Checkers Warm Water, he hits the road, taking their four-and-a-half-chord rock and blues band to reservation bars, small town taverns, and the urban landscapes of Seattle and Manhattan.

Reviews

A fascinating, splendidly documented thriller

—— The New Yorker

A brilliantly achieved and all-too-believable modern Frankenstein

—— Book-of-the-Month Club News

A short book that speaks volumes about slavery... Keeping his page taut with compression and compassion, D'Aguiar makes The Longest Memory hard to forget

—— Peter Kemp , Sunday Times

This deceptively simple book resonates long after it is finished

—— Paula Burnett , New Statesman and Society
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