Assumption
Subtitle: a novel
By: Percival Everett
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781555975982
Subjects: African American men; Murder; Law enforcement; Fiction
Description: "In the sleepy New Mexico backwater of Plata, Deputy Sheriff Ogden Walker spends his time humoring his portly boss, chasing vandals, and fly-fishing. But when a woman is murdered under strange circumstances, his life takes a turn for the worse. Over three disturbing cases, Walker scours the seedy underbelly of Denver, a ragtag hippie commune, and a fish hatchery. He is on the search for solutions to the questions he is foolish enough to ask. The answers, when they do come, are not the ones anyone expected"--Page [4] of cover.