cover image Lyric of the Circle Heart: The Bowman Family Trilogy

Lyric of the Circle Heart: The Bowman Family Trilogy

William Eastlake. Dalkey Archive Press, $14.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-56478-136-9

Originally published in the 1950s and '60s, Eastlake's trilogy of Southwestern novels use fantasy and humor to explore the relationships between whites and Navajos. (Nov.)

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