The Sharpest Sight (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Louis Owens
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: The early 1970’s
- Setting: California and Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Ramon Mundo Morales, Gloria Morales, Attis McCurtain, Cole McCurtain, Hoey McCurtain, Luther, Onatima, Jessard Deal, Lee Scott, Dan Nemi, Diana Nemi
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, California, West, U.S., Native Americans or American Indians, Vietnam War, Mississippi, Mysteries, Westerns
- Locales: California, Mississippi
The Novel
Although the plot of The Sharpest Sight involves a double murder mystery, the novel is far more than a whodunit, as it concerns several people of mixed ancestry who have to discover and come to terms with their identity, acknowledge their American Indian heritage, its values and meaning, and the position of Indians in a predominantly white society. The novel also deals with the trauma of the Vietnam War on its walking wounded.
The narrative opens with Mundo Morales, deputy sheriff of Amarga, California, driving his rounds on a night when it is raining so...
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