Assumption -- Percival Everett, Paperback

A baffling triptych of murder mysteries by the author of I Am Not Sidney Poitier

Ogden Walker, deputy sheriff of a small New Mexico town, is on the trail of an old woman's murderer. But at the crime scene, his are the only footprints leading up to and away from her door. Something is amiss, and even his mother knows it. As other cases pile up, Ogden gives chase, pursuing flimsy leads for even flimsier reasons. His hunt leads him from the seamier side of Denver to a hippie commune as he seeks the puzzling solution.

In Assumption, his follow-up to the wickedly funny I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Percival Everett is in top form as he once again upends our expectations about characters, plot, race, and meaning. A wild ride to the heart of a baffling mystery, Assumption is a literary thriller like no other.

Author: Percival Everett
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 10/25/2011
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781555975982

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 53
Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 83
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2011
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2011
Foreword 11/17/2011
New York Times Book Review 12/11/2011 pg. 32
New York Times Book Review 12/18/2011 pg. 30

About the Author

Percival Everett is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and the author of eighteen novels, including I Am Not Sidney Poitier, The Water Cure, Wounded, Erasure, and Glyph.