![]() ![]() Geung in "Disco for the Departed" (2006), I know that Laos is (or was) no more homogenized than any other tribal region. Thanks to the epic journey from one end of Laos to the other of Siri's morgue assistant, Mr. ![]() Siri Paiboun series, Laos merged into Cambodia/Thailand/Vietnam, just like all Native American tribes were somehow lumped together in my mind before Hillerman's books. Before I listened to Colin Cotterill's Dr. For a few charmed hours, I was transported into a Native American culture nothing like the Ojibwa I was a little familiar with. Tony Hillerman (1925 - 2008) introduced me to Navajo culture when I picked up a used paperback copy of "The Blessing Way" (1970), laying between small metal cutouts of boots painted turquoise with magnets glued to the back, and a worn and rusted set of metric wrenches at Peddlers Pass in Prescott, AZ. ![]()
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