6/30/2023 0 Comments Erdrich the sentence review![]() ![]() And of course, this is not one bit funny. ![]() ![]() Tookie’s story is wrapped around a number of social issues and current events most prominently, of course, is that of American Indians’ rights this is the time and place of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, and so the demonstrations of outraged citizens are folded into the novel as well. Tookie develops a love of writing (“with murderous intent,”) while she’s incarcerated, and so, once she is released, what more natural place is there for her to look for work, than a bookstore? But this bookstore is special. It starts with the world’s most hilarious crime, one which sends our protagonist, Tookie, to prison however, most of the meat of the story takes place once she’s out again. The Sentence is set in Minneapolis during the pandemic, from November 2019 to November 2020. ![]()
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