Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman

Introduction

Sacred Clowns is really Tony Hillerman at his best. Both Leaphorn and Chee are at a individual crossroad in their inhabits while trying to explain two misdeeds which may or may not be related. A convoluted secret is interwoven with the care befitting sacred bedding as we discover more than ever about the Navajo and their beliefs. The deepness of comprehending for each man's solitude and efforts to end it are poignantly depicted by Hillerman in a secret as good as any he has penned. Those who enjoy the way he teaches the book reader about Native American convictions while amusing us in impressive latest tendency will not be disappointed. Perhaps more than any of his books, Sacred Clowns devotes us a better comprehending of why the Navajo have endured, while so numerous other large tribes have all but disappeared.

Analysis

Chee's new allotment employed exactly for Leaphorn gets off to a shaky start when the previous permits a missing young man to get away throughout a Tano observance shortly after pin pointing him. It is the boy's vague environment and a killing throughout the observance that boot off one of the most persuading secrets in this fabulous series. Leaphorn is still seeking to proceed on after Emma's death, and Chee is concerned Janet may have a bind to his clan somewhere which would avert him from romance. A second killing makes this a convoluted mystify which has them going in distinct directions. Chee's carelessness at one issue will outcome in Leaphorn's suspension. Leaphorn's sentiments considering juvenile Chee's inconsistent essence, tattered between Navajo custom and his vocation as a Navajo Tribal Policeman, are prepared to bare here as well (Tony Hillerman, pp 45-289).

A cane requested by Abraham Lincoln will contain the key to a secret unsolved until the ...