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| Author | Martin Cruz Smith |
|---|---|
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | September 26, 1977 |
Nightwing is a 1977thriller novel by American authorMartin Cruz Smith,[1][2] who adapted it for a 1979film with the same title directed byArthur Hiller.
A disgruntled, disenfranchisedHopishaman sets out to "end the world" by way of a ritual invocation of theHopi god of death. Shortly after his mutilated corpse is discovered by a skepticalTewa deputy the body count begins to rise as more strangely slashed and bloodied victims are found.
The book has many elements: part love triangle; partNative American case study; part supernatural thriller. It was the author's own tribal ancestry which inspired the writing of this fictionalized anthropological mini-survey.
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