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JAMES WELCH is the author of four previous novels, including Winter in the Blood (1974) and Fools Crow (1986) which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. He attended schools on the Blackfoot and Fort Belknap reservations in Montana, and studied writing at the University of Montana. He lives in Missoula, Montana and is considered to be one of America’s most gifted literary writers from the Native American tradition.

“One of the year’s best works of fiction, a novel that is universal in its emotional and intellectual implications . . . By the last hundred pages I found myself in something like an altered state, reading as fast as I could while at the same time holding on to the hope that the book would never end.” Chicago Tribune

“A stirring tale of a man’s triumph over circumstances, a griping story of solid literary merit and surprising emotional clout.” Publishers Weekly

“Welch has a natural story-telling ability, equally capable of fine focus and overview.” The Independent

“Unbearably moving. Charging Elk is a magnificently imagined and understood character, and his soaring heartsong sounds, in its finest moments, much like an American Les Miserables.” Boston Globe

‘Already acclaimed as a classic in the US, Welch’s book looks set to become one here in the United Kingdom too.” The Big Issue in the North