This is a strange little book. Hard to categorize. If it were a painting it would be some sort of modern art with identifiable objects but not quite representational. The writing style suits it with lean, straight-forward prose. Not sorry I read it, but I'm not too sure what I thought of it either.
A gothic western.
From the back of the book...
The time is 1902. The setting, eastern Oregon. The action begins when Magic Child, a fifteen-year-old Indian girl of surprising sophistication and accomplishment, wanders into the wrong whorehouse looking for the right men - the men who will kill the monster that lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's cold yellow house...
The time is 1902. The setting, eastern Oregon. The action begins when Magic Child, a fifteen-year-old Indian girl of surprising sophistication and accomplishment, wanders into the wrong whorehouse looking for the right men - the men who will kill the monster that lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's cold yellow house...
I had to read this one for a class. I actually really enjoyed it. The language is very straightforward, which I enjoy and all the characters are very interesting. I love how things are not as they seem and it is a very quick read.
