Six Crooked Highways: A Novel - Tapa dura

Paul Two Persons, a Native American resort owner, is forced to turn sleuth after state politicians propose a highway to run across the Red Lake reservation, a decision that will destroy his people's land and his own property, creating a situation that becomes further complicated when a boy who had worked for Paul turns up dead

ooked Highways, Wayne Johnson's most stunning work to date, continues the series that began with his critically acclaimed novel Don't Think Twice -- of which the New York Times said, "Johnson's sentences shimmer, dip, swoop, and stretch. He has a fine eye."

Paul Two Persons runs a resort on the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota's dense lakeland region. When a years-old plan to run a highway through the reservation re-emerges, Paul yet again shoulders the responsibility of protecting his property. Slowly, the plan gains a sinister urgency, turning up two dead bodies and a small rabblement of characters who may prove to be Paul's only saviors, or who may end up destroying him and everything he loves.
  
Forcing an outward stoicism that belies the high stakes at hand, he pushes forward to unravel an overarching plot that extends beyond the boundaries of reservation politics. A murdered state cop, development plans mapped in ind