Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir

Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir

Tony Hillerman
$16.99
Publication Date: October 1st, 2002
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
ISBN:
9780060505868
Pages:
368
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Description

In this affectionate and unvarnished recollection of his past, Tony Hillerman looks at seventy-six years spent getting from hard-times farm boy to bestselling author. Using the gifts of a talented novelist and reporter, Hillerman draws brilliant portrait not just of his life, but of the world around him.

About the Author

TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

Praise for Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir

“A warmly old-fashioned reminiscence from the dean of the American regional mystery.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Hillerman reveals the real author...a great yarn.” — Denver Post, Glenn Griffin

“[Tony Hillerman] commits his own world--and his optimist’s attitude--to the page.” — NY Daily News

“A splendid and disarming remembrance of things past.” — The New York Times Book Review

“Man of mysteries seldom disappoints.” — Chicago Tribune

“Seldom Disappointed is no disappointment...an amazing reporter’s eye at work.” — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, John Sandford