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| Author | Martin Cruz Smith |
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
| Publication date | September 26, 1977 |
Nightwing is a 1977 thriller novel by American author Martin Cruz Smith, who adapted it for a 1979 film with the same title directed by Arthur Hiller.
Plot summary
A disgruntled, disenfranchised Hopi shaman sets out to "end the world" by way of a ritual invocation of the Hopi god of death. Shortly after his mutilated corpse is discovered by a skeptical Tewa deputy the body count begins to rise as more strangely slashed and bloodied victims are found.
The book has many elements: part love triangle; part Native American case study; part supernatural thriller. It was the author's own tribal ancestry which inspired the writing of this fictionalized anthropological mini-survey.
References
- Nightwing. June 25, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5011-9971-4. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- "Nightwing". Kirkus Reviews. September 1, 1977. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
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