Night of the Living Rez

Though this is said to be a story collection, it reads much more like a novel. Told in an episodic fashion, every “story” is a short, almost slice of life segment in the life of Dee, and his Penobscot community in Maine. We are given snippets of his childhood and adulthood non-linearly, which means the reader always questions how and why adult Dee ended up in the position he is in. This book deals with lots of issues; family problems, drugs, alcohol, grief, loss and native tradition, and Morgan Talty switches from laughter to heartbreak with flair and ease. That's life, I suppose.

Recommended, especially to people who enjoyed Tommy Orange's “There, There”.