cover image Medicine River

Medicine River

Thomas King. Penguin Books, $6.99 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-14-012603-7

Will is unsuspectingly and pleasantly caught up in local events after he returns to Medicine River, a town just outside a Blackfoot reservation, to bury his mother. ``Gentle, deliberate and ultimately engaging,'' said PW . `` King's deceptively simple comedy is an intriguing portrait of Native American life today.'' (Sept.)