num_pages: 240
description: 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.
language: English
title: Reservation Blues
titlecomplete: Reservation Blues
genres: Fiction, American, Magical Realism, Music, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 13648
places: New York (State), Wellpinit, Washington, Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Washington, Washington (state)
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Warner Books